#478EC4#478EC4

#478EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.109 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EC4
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, -5.51, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 35.06, 260.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0479 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.109 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2316, 24.6689, 55.8038)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EC4 #C47D47

analogous

#47C4BB #478EC4 #4750C4

triadic

#478EC4 #C4478E #8EC447

tetradic

#478EC4 #BB47C4 #C47D47 #50C447

square

#478EC4 #BB47C4 #C47D47 #50C447

split-complementary

#478EC4 #C44750 #C4BB47

monochromatic

#234D6D #326E9C #478EC4 #75AAD3 #A4C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#478EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#478EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EC4

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EC4	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.109 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed6',
    500: '#478ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ec4;
$custom-light: #86aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.92,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62431,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EC4

secondary

#CFB098

accent

#8A4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EC4

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

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