#47ACD8#47ACD8

#47ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47ACD8
RGB	rgb(71, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -15.58, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 34.56, 243.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0721 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.113 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7408, 35.7993, 70.2950)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47ACD8 #D87347

analogous

#47D8BC #47ACD8 #4764D8

triadic

#47ACD8 #D847AC #ACD847

tetradic

#47ACD8 #BC47D8 #D87347 #64D847

square

#47ACD8 #BC47D8 #D87347 #64D847

split-complementary

#47ACD8 #D84764 #D8BC47

monochromatic

#1D6788 #278EBA #47ACD8 #79C3E3 #ACDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#47ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#47ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47ACD8

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47ACD8	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e4',
    500: '#47acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47acd8;
$custom-light: #8ac4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47ACD8

secondary

#DBB2A0

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #47ACD8

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

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