#478EC8#478EC8

#478EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.113 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EC8
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -4.18, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 36.84, 263.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0467 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.113 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6930, 24.8534, 58.2336)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EC8 #C88147

analogous

#47C8C2 #478EC8 #474DC8

triadic

#478EC8 #C8478E #8EC847

tetradic

#478EC8 #C247C8 #C88147 #4DC847

square

#478EC8 #C247C8 #C88147 #4DC847

split-complementary

#478EC8 #C8474D #C8C247

monochromatic

#224E72 #306FA2 #478EC8 #76ABD6 #A5C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#478EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#478EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EC8

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EC8	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.113 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed9',
    500: '#478ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ec8;
$custom-light: #87aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.977,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62633,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EC8

secondary

#D1B39A

accent

#8C4ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EC8

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

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