#478FAD#478FAD

#478FAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.085 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478FAD
RGBrgb(71, 143, 173)
HSLhsl(198, 42%, 48%)
HSVhsv(198, 59%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(59%, 17.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(56.09, -13.52, -22.57)
CIE-LCHlch(56.09, 26.31, 239.07°)
OKLaboklab(61.59% -0.0571 -0.0629)
OKLCHoklch(61.59% 0.085 227.8)
XYZxyz(19.9609, 23.9997, 43.1075)
Luminance0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478FAD #AD6547
analogous
#47AD98 #478FAD #475CAD
triadic
#478FAD #AD478F #8FAD47
tetradic
#478FAD #9847AD #AD6547 #5CAD47
square
#478FAD #9847AD #AD6547 #5CAD47
split-complementary
#478FAD #AD475C #AD9847
monochromatic
#234756 #356B82 #478FAD #6EAAC3 #99C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62
#478FAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80
#478FAD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478FAD
5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478FAD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478FAD1.003.625.805.80
#FFFFFF3.621.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8021.001.001.00
##0000005.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F8DAF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7182AD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009899
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 143, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.085 227.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc5',
    500: '#478fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478fad;
$custom-light: #83afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61587,
    "c": 0.08491,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478FAD
secondary
#C19D8E
accent
#7A56D2
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#F0F4F8
border
#CBCED1
text
#0B1013
muted
#7C7F82

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