#478EDD#478EDD

#478EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.139 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478EDD
RGBrgb(71, 142, 221)
HSLhsl(212, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(212, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(57.95, 2.98, -46.80)
CIE-LCHlch(57.95, 46.89, 273.65°)
OKLaboklab(63.76% -0.0408 -0.133)
OKLCHoklch(63.76% 0.139 252.9)
XYZxyz(25.3179, 25.9034, 72.0582)
Luminance0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478EDD #DD9647
analogous
#47D9DD #478EDD #4B47DD
triadic
#478EDD #DD478E #8EDD47
tetradic
#478EDD #DD47D9 #DD9647 #47DD4B
square
#478EDD #DD47D9 #DD9647 #47DD4B
split-complementary
#478EDD #DD4B47 #D9DD47
monochromatic
#1A528F #246FC3 #478EDD #7BAEE7 #AECDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40
#478EDD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18
#478EDD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EDD
6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478EDD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478EDD1.003.406.186.18
#FFFFFF3.401.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1821.001.001.00
##0000006.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6B93E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5585DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A0AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.139 252.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee8',
    500: '#478edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478edd;
$custom-light: #8aaee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6376,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478EDD
secondary
#DEC2A2
accent
#993CEC
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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