#478EB8#478EB8

#478EB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.096 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EB8
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -9.46, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 30.14, 251.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0519 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.096 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9200, 24.1443, 48.8959)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EB8 #B87147

analogous

#47B8AA #478EB8 #4755B8

triadic

#478EB8 #B8478E #8EB847

tetradic

#478EB8 #AA47B8 #B87147 #55B847

square

#478EB8 #AA47B8 #B87147 #55B847

split-complementary

#478EB8 #B84755 #B8AA47

monochromatic

#254A60 #366C8C #478EB8 #73A9C9 #9FC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#478EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#478EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EB8

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EB8	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.096 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afcd',
    500: '#478eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478eb8;
$custom-light: #84afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.301,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61848,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EB8

secondary

#C7A794

accent

#8354D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EB8

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

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