#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
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 2.98, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 46.89, 273.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0408 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.139 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3179, 25.9034, 72.0582)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##478EDD	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #478EDD

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

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