#47B4DC#47B4DC

#47B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47B4DC
RGB	rgb(71, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -18.53, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 34.58, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0787 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.113 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8329, 39.1459, 73.5745)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47B4DC #DC6F47

analogous

#47DCB9 #47B4DC #476ADC

triadic

#47B4DC #DC47B4 #B4DC47

tetradic

#47B4DC #B947DC #DC6F47 #6ADC47

square

#47B4DC #B947DC #DC6F47 #6ADC47

split-complementary

#47B4DC #DC476A #DCB947

monochromatic

#1B6F8E #2597C1 #47B4DC #7AC9E6 #AEDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#47B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#47B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47B4DC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47B4DC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae7',
    500: '#47b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47b4dc;
$custom-light: #8bcae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 68.037,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72383,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47B4DC

secondary

#DEB1A1

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #47B4DC

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

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