#47A5C8#47A5C8

#47A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.102 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47A5C8
RGB	rgb(71, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -16.94, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 31.13, 237.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0707 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.102 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4748, 32.4172, 59.4943)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47A5C8 #C86A47

analogous

#47C8AA #47A5C8 #4764C8

triadic

#47A5C8 #C847A5 #A5C847

tetradic

#47A5C8 #AA47C8 #C86A47 #64C847

square

#47A5C8 #AA47C8 #C86A47 #64C847

split-complementary

#47A5C8 #C84764 #C8AA47

monochromatic

#225D72 #3083A2 #47A5C8 #76BCD6 #A5D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#47A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#47A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47A5C8

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47A5C8	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.102 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd8',
    500: '#47a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47a5c8;
$custom-light: #88bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67997,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47A5C8

secondary

#D1A99A

accent

#724ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #47A5C8

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

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