#478FB9#478FB9

#478FB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.096 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478FB9
RGB	rgb(71, 143, 185)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -9.70, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 30.26, 251.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0527 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.096 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1746, 24.4852, 49.4998)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478FB9 #B97147

analogous

#47B9AA #478FB9 #4756B9

triadic

#478FB9 #B9478F #8FB947

tetradic

#478FB9 #AA47B9 #B97147 #56B947

square

#478FB9 #AA47B9 #B97147 #56B947

split-complementary

#478FB9 #B94756 #B9AA47

monochromatic

#254B61 #366D8D #478FB9 #73AACA #A0C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#478FB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#478FB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478FB9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478FB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478FB9	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478fb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 143, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.096 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afce',
    500: '#478fb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478fb9;
$custom-light: #85afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478fb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6213,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478FB9

secondary

#C7A794

accent

#8353D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478FB9

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

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