Recognised as Colour

#47798E

#47798E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#47798E is a cyan with RGB values 71, 121, 142 and HSL 198°, 33%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#47798E

RGBrgb(71, 121, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.4745, 0.5569

RGB percentages27.8%, 47.5%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(197.7, 33.3%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.7, 50%, 55.7%)

CMYK50%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,684,174

CSS custom property--colour: #47798E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#B88671

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E778Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#636F8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Tritanopia#227F80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 11.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 12.7 Steel blue · ΔE 17.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.2 Teal · ΔE 19.8 Dim grey · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8E5C47

Analogous#478E7F, #47568E

Triadic#8E4779, #798E47

Split complementary#8E4756, #8E7F47

Tetradic#80478E, #8E5C47, #568E47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C1D7E0

Lighter +30%#9FC1CF

Lighter +20%#7DABBE

Lighter +10%#5B95AD

Darker −10%#365C6C

Darker −20%#253F4A

Darker −30%#142228

Darker −40%#030506

More saturated +25%#2C84A9

Less saturated −25%#626E73

Channel breakdown

R71

G121

B142

Red71 (27.8%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue197.75°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G 79 · B 8E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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