#47A9DD#47A9DD

#47A9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.118 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47A9DD
RGB	rgb(71, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -12.34, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 36.77, 250.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0674 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.118 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8325, 34.9327, 73.5631)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47A9DD #DD7B47

analogous

#47DDC6 #47A9DD #475EDD

triadic

#47A9DD #DD47A9 #A9DD47

tetradic

#47A9DD #C647DD #DD7B47 #5EDD47

square

#47A9DD #C647DD #DD7B47 #5EDD47

split-complementary

#47A9DD #DD475E #DDC647

monochromatic

#1A678F #248CC3 #47A9DD #7BC1E7 #AED9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#47A9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#47A9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47A9DD

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47A9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47A9DD	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47a9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.118 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e7',
    500: '#47a9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47a9dd;
$custom-light: #8bc2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47a9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.8,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47A9DD

secondary

#DEB7A2

accent

#793CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #47A9DD

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

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