#47B8D8#47B8D8

#47B8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#47B8D8
RGBrgb(71, 184, 216)
HSLhsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(193, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.88, -21.86, -25.44)
CIE-LCHlch(69.88, 33.54, 229.33°)
OKLaboklab(73.15% -0.0842 -0.0709)
OKLCHoklch(73.15% 0.11 220.1)
XYZxyz(32.1286, 40.5749, 71.0909)
Luminance0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#47B8D8 #D86747
analogous
#47D8AF #47B8D8 #4770D8
triadic
#47B8D8 #D847B8 #B8D847
tetradic
#47B8D8 #AF47D8 #D86747 #70D847
square
#47B8D8 #AF47D8 #D86747 #70D847
split-complementary
#47B8D8 #D84770 #D8AF47
monochromatic
#1D7088 #279ABA #47B8D8 #79CBE3 #ACDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#47B8D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#47B8D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47B8D8
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##47B8D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##47B8D81.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4B3DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A4D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #47b8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 220.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde4',
    500: '#47b8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #47b8d8;
$custom-light: #8bcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#47b8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.241,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73151,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#47B8D8
secondary
#DBADA0
accent
#6540E8
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #47B8D8

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#47B8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva