#478FBC#478FBC

#478FBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.099 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478FBC
RGB	rgb(71, 143, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, -8.72, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 31.41, 253.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0516 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.099 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4947, 24.6132, 51.1853)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478FBC #BC7447

analogous

#47BCAF #478FBC #4754BC

triadic

#478FBC #BC478F #8FBC47

tetradic

#478FBC #AF47BC #BC7447 #54BC47

square

#478FBC #AF47BC #BC7447 #54BC47

split-complementary

#478FBC #BC4754 #BCAF47

monochromatic

#244C64 #356E91 #478FBC #74AACC #A1C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#478FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#478FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478FBC

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478FBC	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 143, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.099 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afd0',
    500: '#478fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478fbc;
$custom-light: #85afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62272,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478FBC

secondary

#C9A995

accent

#8552D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478FBC

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

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