#478FC9#478FC9

#478FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478FC9
RGB	rgb(71, 143, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 28.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -4.42, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 36.90, 263.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0474 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.114 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9597, 25.1992, 58.9010)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478FC9 #C98147

analogous

#47C9C2 #478FC9 #474EC9

triadic

#478FC9 #C9478F #8FC947

tetradic

#478FC9 #C247C9 #C98147 #4EC947

square

#478FC9 #C247C9 #C98147 #4EC947

split-complementary

#478FC9 #C9474E #C9C247

monochromatic

#224F74 #3070A3 #478FC9 #76ACD7 #A6C9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#478FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#478FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478FC9

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478FC9	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 143, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd9',
    500: '#478fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478fc9;
$custom-light: #87afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.769,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62914,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478FC9

secondary

#D2B39A

accent

#8C4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478FC9

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

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