#47BCE5#47BCE5

#47BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47BCE5
RGB	rgb(71, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -19.85, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 35.97, 236.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0833 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.118 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7189, 42.9593, 80.5757)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47BCE5 #E57047

analogous

#47E5BF #47BCE5 #476DE5

triadic

#47BCE5 #E547BC #BCE547

tetradic

#47BCE5 #BF47E5 #E57047 #6DE547

square

#47BCE5 #BF47E5 #E57047 #6DE547

split-complementary

#47BCE5 #E5476D #E5BF47

monochromatic

#16799C #1EA3D1 #47BCE5 #7DD0ED #B2E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#47BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#47BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47BCE5

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47BCE5	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ed',
    500: '#47bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47bce5;
$custom-light: #8dd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.57,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74633,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47BCE5

secondary

#E3B5A5

accent

#6736F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #47BCE5

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

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