#478EB3#478EB3

#478EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.091 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EB3
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -11.07, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 28.34, 247.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0537 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.091 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4051, 23.9383, 46.1843)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EB3 #B36C47

analogous

#47B3A2 #478EB3 #4758B3

triadic

#478EB3 #B3478E #8EB347

tetradic

#478EB3 #A247B3 #B36C47 #58B347

square

#478EB3 #A247B3 #B36C47 #58B347

split-complementary

#478EB3 #B34758 #B3A247

monochromatic

#24485B #366B87 #478EB3 #71A9C7 #9CC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#478EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#478EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EB3

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EB3	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.091 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afca',
    500: '#478eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478eb3;
$custom-light: #84afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.556,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61616,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EB3

secondary

#C4A391

accent

#8055D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EB3

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

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