#478EB9#478EB9

#478EB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.097 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EB9
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -9.13, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 30.52, 252.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0516 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.097 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0252, 24.1863, 49.4499)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EB9 #B97247

analogous

#47B9AB #478EB9 #4755B9

triadic

#478EB9 #B9478E #8EB947

tetradic

#478EB9 #AB47B9 #B97247 #55B947

square

#478EB9 #AB47B9 #B97247 #55B947

split-complementary

#478EB9 #B94755 #B9AB47

monochromatic

#254A61 #366C8D #478EB9 #73A9CA #A0C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#478EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#478EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EB9

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EB9	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.097 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afce',
    500: '#478eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478eb9;
$custom-light: #85afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.632,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61895,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EB9

secondary

#C7A894

accent

#8453D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EB9

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

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