#478EA7#478EA7

#478EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.080 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EA7
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -14.84, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 24.86, 233.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0582 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.08 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2439, 23.4738, 40.0685)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EA7 #A76047

analogous

#47A790 #478EA7 #475EA7

triadic

#478EA7 #A7478E #8EA747

tetradic

#478EA7 #9047A7 #A76047 #5EA747

square

#478EA7 #9047A7 #A76047 #5EA747

split-complementary

#478EA7 #A7475E #A79047

monochromatic

#224551 #35697C #478EA7 #6BAAC0 #96C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#478EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#478EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EA7

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EA7	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.080 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc1',
    500: '#478ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ea7;
$custom-light: #83afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.625,
    "s": 40.336,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61088,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EA7

secondary

#BE998B

accent

#7758D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EA7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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