#47ADD8#47ADD8

#47ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47ADD8
RGB	rgb(71, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -16.11, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 34.40, 242.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0731 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.112 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9318, 36.1813, 70.3587)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47ADD8 #D87247

analogous

#47D8BB #47ADD8 #4765D8

triadic

#47ADD8 #D847AD #ADD847

tetradic

#47ADD8 #BB47D8 #D87247 #65D847

square

#47ADD8 #BB47D8 #D87247 #65D847

split-complementary

#47ADD8 #D84765 #D8BB47

monochromatic

#1D6888 #278FBA #47ADD8 #79C4E3 #ACDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#47ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#47ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47ADD8

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47ADD8	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e4',
    500: '#47add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47add8;
$custom-light: #8ac5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70576,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47ADD8

secondary

#DBB1A0

accent

#7240E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #47ADD8

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

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