#47BDE5#47BDE5

#47BDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47BDE5
RGB	rgb(71, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -20.37, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 35.89, 235.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0843 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.118 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9332, 43.3880, 80.6472)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47BDE5 #E56F47

analogous

#47E5BE #47BDE5 #476EE5

triadic

#47BDE5 #E547BD #BDE547

tetradic

#47BDE5 #BE47E5 #E56F47 #6EE547

square

#47BDE5 #BE47E5 #E56F47 #6EE547

split-complementary

#47BDE5 #E5476E #E5BE47

monochromatic

#167A9C #1EA4D1 #47BDE5 #7DD0ED #B2E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#47BDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#47BDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #47BDE5

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47BDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47BDE5	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47bde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ed',
    500: '#47bde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47bde5;
$custom-light: #8dd1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47bde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74865,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47BDE5

secondary

#E3B5A5

accent

#6636F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #47BDE5

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

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