#47B4DD#47B4DD

#47B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.114 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47B4DD
RGB	rgb(71, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -18.22, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 34.83, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0783 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.114 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9657, 39.1990, 74.2741)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47B4DD #DD7047

analogous

#47DDBB #47B4DD #4769DD

triadic

#47B4DD #DD47B4 #B4DD47

tetradic

#47B4DD #BB47DD #DD7047 #69DD47

square

#47B4DD #BB47DD #DD7047 #69DD47

split-complementary

#47B4DD #DD4769 #DDBB47

monochromatic

#1A6F8F #2497C3 #47B4DD #7BC9E7 #AEDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#47B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#47B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47B4DD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47B4DD	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.114 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae7',
    500: '#47b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47b4dd;
$custom-light: #8bcae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47B4DD

secondary

#DEB2A2

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #47B4DD

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

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