#478EBC#478EBC

#478EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.100 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EBC
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -8.16, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 31.70, 255.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0506 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.1 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3452, 24.3143, 51.1354)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EBC #BC7547

analogous

#47BCB0 #478EBC #4753BC

triadic

#478EBC #BC478E #8EBC47

tetradic

#478EBC #B047BC #BC7547 #53BC47

square

#478EBC #B047BC #BC7547 #53BC47

split-complementary

#478EBC #BC4753 #BCB047

monochromatic

#244B64 #356D91 #478EBC #74AACC #A1C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#478EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#478EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EBC

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EBC	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.100 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afd0',
    500: '#478ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ebc;
$custom-light: #85afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.59,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62038,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EBC

secondary

#C9AA95

accent

#8652D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EBC

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

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