#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
RGBrgb(71, 142, 201)
HSLhsl(207, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(207, 65%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(56.98, -3.84, -37.09)
CIE-LCHlch(56.98, 37.29, 264.09°)
OKLaboklab(62.68% -0.0464 -0.1047)
OKLCHoklch(62.68% 0.114 246.1)
XYZxyz(22.8102, 24.9003, 58.8512)
Luminance0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##478EC91.003.515.985.98
#FFFFFF3.511.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9821.001.001.00
##0000005.9821.001.001.00

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

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#478EC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva