#47B5DC#47B5DC

#47B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47B5DC
RGB	rgb(71, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -19.06, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 34.49, 236.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0797 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.113 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0355, 39.5511, 73.6421)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47B5DC #DC6E47

analogous

#47DCB9 #47B5DC #476ADC

triadic

#47B5DC #DC47B5 #B5DC47

tetradic

#47B5DC #B947DC #DC6E47 #6ADC47

square

#47B5DC #B947DC #DC6E47 #6ADC47

split-complementary

#47B5DC #DC476A #DCB947

monochromatic

#1B708E #2598C1 #47B5DC #7ACAE6 #AEDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#47B5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#47B5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47B5DC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47B5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47B5DC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe7',
    500: '#47b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47b5dc;
$custom-light: #8bcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 68.037,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72617,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47B5DC

secondary

#DEB1A1

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #47B5DC

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

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