#47ADD9#47ADD9

#47ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47ADD9
RGB	rgb(71, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -15.79, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 34.69, 242.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0727 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.113 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0615, 36.2332, 71.0416)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47ADD9 #D97347

analogous

#47D9BC #47ADD9 #4764D9

triadic

#47ADD9 #D947AD #ADD947

tetradic

#47ADD9 #BC47D9 #D97347 #64D947

square

#47ADD9 #BC47D9 #D97347 #64D947

split-complementary

#47ADD9 #D94764 #D9BC47

monochromatic

#1C6889 #278FBC #47ADD9 #7AC4E3 #ACDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#47ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#47ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47ADD9

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47ADD9	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e5',
    500: '#47add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47add9;
$custom-light: #8ac5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7062,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47ADD9

secondary

#DCB2A0

accent

#723FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #47ADD9

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

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