#47A9CD#47A9CD

#47A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.105 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47A9CD
RGB	rgb(71, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -17.48, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 31.99, 236.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.073 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.105 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8015, 34.1203, 62.8665)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47A9CD #CD6B47

analogous

#47CDAE #47A9CD #4766CD

triadic

#47A9CD #CD47A9 #A9CD47

tetradic

#47A9CD #AE47CD #CD6B47 #66CD47

square

#47A9CD #AE47CD #CD6B47 #66CD47

split-complementary

#47A9CD #CD4766 #CDAE47

monochromatic

#216179 #2E88A9 #47A9CD #77BFDA #A7D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#47A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#47A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47A9CD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47A9CD	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.105 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2dc',
    500: '#47a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47a9cd;
$custom-light: #88c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69156,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47A9CD

secondary

#D4AB9B

accent

#7047E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #47A9CD

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

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