#47B5DD#47B5DD

#47B5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47B5DD
RGB	rgb(71, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -18.74, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 34.73, 237.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0793 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.114 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1683, 39.6042, 74.3416)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47B5DD #DD6F47

analogous

#47DDBA #47B5DD #476ADD

triadic

#47B5DD #DD47B5 #B5DD47

tetradic

#47B5DD #BA47DD #DD6F47 #6ADD47

square

#47B5DD #BA47DD #DD6F47 #6ADD47

split-complementary

#47B5DD #DD476A #DDBA47

monochromatic

#1A708F #2498C3 #47B5DD #7BCAE7 #AEDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#47B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#47B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47B5DD

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47B5DD	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe7',
    500: '#47b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47b5dd;
$custom-light: #8bcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7266,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47B5DD

secondary

#DEB2A2

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #47B5DD

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

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