#478EC9#478EC9

#478EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.114 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EC9
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -3.84, -37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 37.29, 264.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0464 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.114 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8102, 24.9003, 58.8512)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EC9 #C98247

analogous

#47C9C3 #478EC9 #474DC9

triadic

#478EC9 #C9478E #8EC947

tetradic

#478EC9 #C347C9 #C98247 #4DC947

square

#478EC9 #C347C9 #C98247 #4DC947

split-complementary

#478EC9 #C9474D #C9C347

monochromatic

#224F74 #306FA3 #478EC9 #76ABD7 #A6C8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#478EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#478EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EC9

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EC9	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.114 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed9',
    500: '#478ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ec9;
$custom-light: #87aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.231,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62684,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EC9

secondary

#D2B39A

accent

#8D4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EC9

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

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