Recognised as Colour
#478D80
- #478D80
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark cyan
#478D80 is a cyan with RGB values 71, 141, 128 and HSL 169°, 33%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.
Colour values
#478D80#478D80
HEX#478D80
RGBrgb(71, 141, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.5529, 0.502
RGB percentages27.8%, 55.3%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(168.9, 33%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.9, 49.6%, 55.3%)
CMYK49.6%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,689,280
CSS custom property--colour: #478D80;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.21948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.39:1
Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#B8727F
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8D4754
Analogous#478D5D, #47778D
Triadic#80478D, #8D8047
Split complementary#8D4777, #8D5D47
Tetradic#5D478D, #8D4754, #778D47
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R71
G141
B128
Red71 (27.8%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue168.86°
Saturation (HSL)33.02%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 47 · G 8D · B 80
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