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Recognised as Colour

#47959D

  • #47959D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#47959D is a cyan with RGB values 71, 149, 157 and HSL 186°, 38%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#47959D#47959D
HEX#47959D
RGBrgb(71, 149, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.5843, 0.6157
RGB percentages27.8%, 58.4%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(185.6, 37.7%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.6, 54.8%, 61.6%)
CMYK54.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,691,357
CSS custom property--colour: #47959D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.05:1
Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#B86A62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B909Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D859Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009A97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 5.9Dark cyan · ΔE 10.7Teal · ΔE 12Light seagreen · ΔE 18.8Light slate grey · ΔE 19.4Slate grey · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D4F47
Analogous#479D7A, #476A9D
Triadic#9D4795, #959D47
Split complementary#9D476A, #9D7A47
Tetradic#7A479D, #9D4F47, #6A9D47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9E4E7
Lighter +30%#A6D2D7
Lighter +20%#83C1C7
Lighter +10%#60AFB7
Darker −10%#37747A
Darker −20%#275257
Darker −30%#173134
Darker −40%#071011
More saturated +25%#2BACBA
Less saturated −25%#647E81

Channel breakdown

R71
G149
B157
Red71 (27.8%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue185.58°
Saturation (HSL)37.72%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 95 · B 9D

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