#478EC5#478EC5

#478EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.110 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EC5
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -5.18, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 35.50, 261.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0476 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.11 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3458, 24.7146, 56.4053)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EC5 #C57E47

analogous

#47C5BD #478EC5 #474FC5

triadic

#478EC5 #C5478E #8EC547

tetradic

#478EC5 #BD47C5 #C57E47 #4FC547

square

#478EC5 #BD47C5 #C57E47 #4FC547

split-complementary

#478EC5 #C5474F #C5BD47

monochromatic

#234E6F #326E9D #478EC5 #76ABD4 #A4C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#478EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#478EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EC5

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EC5	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.110 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed7',
    500: '#478ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ec5;
$custom-light: #86aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.19,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62481,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EC5

secondary

#CFB099

accent

#8B4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EC5

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

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