#478EB4#478EB4

#478EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.092 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EB4
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -10.75, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 28.68, 248.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% -0.0534 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.092 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5066, 23.9789, 46.7189)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EB4 #B46D47

analogous

#47B4A4 #478EB4 #4758B4

triadic

#478EB4 #B4478E #8EB447

tetradic

#478EB4 #A447B4 #B46D47 #58B447

square

#478EB4 #A447B4 #B46D47 #58B447

split-complementary

#478EB4 #B44758 #B4A447

monochromatic

#24495C #366B88 #478EB4 #71A9C7 #9DC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#478EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#478EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EB4

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EB4	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.092 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afca',
    500: '#478eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478eb4;
$custom-light: #84afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.917,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61662,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EB4

secondary

#C5A492

accent

#8155D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EB4

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

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