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Recognised as Colour

#47979D

  • #47979D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#47979D is a cyan with RGB values 71, 151, 157 and HSL 184°, 38%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#47979D#47979D
HEX#47979D
RGBrgb(71, 151, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.5922, 0.6157
RGB percentages27.8%, 59.2%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(184.2, 37.7%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.2, 54.8%, 61.6%)
CMYK54.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,691,869
CSS custom property--colour: #47979D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.18:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#B86862

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D919Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F879Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009C99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 5.4Dark cyan · ΔE 10Teal · ΔE 11.7Light seagreen · ΔE 17.4Light slate grey · ΔE 20.5Slate grey · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 5.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D4D47
Analogous#479D78, #476C9D
Triadic#9D4797, #979D47
Split complementary#9D476C, #9D7847
Tetradic#78479D, #9D4D47, #6C9D47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9E5E7
Lighter +30%#A6D3D7
Lighter +20%#83C2C7
Lighter +10%#60B1B7
Darker −10%#37757A
Darker −20%#275357
Darker −30%#173234
Darker −40%#071011
More saturated +25%#2BB0BA
Less saturated −25%#647E81

Channel breakdown

R71
G151
B157
Red71 (27.8%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue184.19°
Saturation (HSL)37.72%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 97 · B 9D

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