#478ECD#478ECD

#478ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.119 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478ECD
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -2.49, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 39.13, 266.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0452 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.119 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2869, 25.0910, 61.3616)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478ECD #CD8647

analogous

#47CDC9 #478ECD #474BCD

triadic

#478ECD #CD478E #8ECD47

tetradic

#478ECD #C947CD #CD8647 #4BCD47

square

#478ECD #C947CD #CD8647 #4BCD47

split-complementary

#478ECD #CD474B #CDC947

monochromatic

#214F79 #2E6FA9 #478ECD #77ACDA #A7C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#478ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#478ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478ECD

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478ECD	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.119 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aedc',
    500: '#478ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ecd;
$custom-light: #87aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.209,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62892,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478ECD

secondary

#D4B69B

accent

#8F47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478ECD

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

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