#47ACD9#47ACD9

#47ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.113 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47ACD9
RGB	rgb(71, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -15.26, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 34.85, 244.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0717 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.113 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8705, 35.8511, 70.9779)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47ACD9 #D97447

analogous

#47D9BD #47ACD9 #4763D9

triadic

#47ACD9 #D947AC #ACD947

tetradic

#47ACD9 #BD47D9 #D97447 #63D947

square

#47ACD9 #BD47D9 #D97447 #63D947

split-complementary

#47ACD9 #D94763 #D9BD47

monochromatic

#1C6889 #278EBC #47ACD9 #7AC3E3 #ACDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#47ACD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#47ACD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47ACD9

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47ACD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47ACD9	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.113 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e5',
    500: '#47acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47acd9;
$custom-light: #8ac4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.493,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47ACD9

secondary

#DCB2A0

accent

#733FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #47ACD9

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

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