#47A5E6#47A5E6

#47A5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.130 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47A5E6
RGB	rgb(71, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -7.16, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 41.41, 260.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0605 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.13 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3311, 33.9597, 79.8039)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47A5E6 #E68847

analogous

#47E6D7 #47A5E6 #4756E6

triadic

#47A5E6 #E647A5 #A5E647

tetradic

#47A5E6 #D747E6 #E68847 #56E647

square

#47A5E6 #D747E6 #E68847 #56E647

split-complementary

#47A5E6 #E64756 #E6D747

monochromatic

#15669D #1D89D3 #47A5E6 #7DBFED #B3DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#47A5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#47A5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47A5E6

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47A5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47A5E6	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7197E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47a5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.130 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfee',
    500: '#47a5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47a5e6;
$custom-light: #8cbfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47a5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.528,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69396,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47A5E6

secondary

#E4BFA5

accent

#8335F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #47A5E6

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

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