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Recognised as Colour

#47A9A1

  • #47A9A1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#47A9A1 is a cyan with RGB values 71, 169, 161 and HSL 175°, 41%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#47A9A1#47A9A1
HEX#47A9A1
RGBrgb(71, 169, 161)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.6627, 0.6314
RGB percentages27.8%, 66.3%, 63.1%
HSLhsl(175.1, 40.8%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.1, 58%, 66.3%)
CMYK58%, 0%, 4.7%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,696,481
CSS custom property--colour: #47A9A1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#B8565E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A1A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9195A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.6Cadetblue · ΔE 11.4Dark cyan · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5Teal · ΔE 15.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9474F
Analogous#47A970, #4780A9
Triadic#A147A9, #A9A147
Split complementary#A94780, #A97047
Tetradic#7047A9, #A9474F, #80A947

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1EBE9
Lighter +30%#ADDCD8
Lighter +20%#89CDC8
Lighter +10%#65BEB7
Darker −10%#38857F
Darker −20%#29615D
Darker −30%#1A3D3A
Darker −40%#0B1918
More saturated +25%#29C7BA
Less saturated −25%#658B88

Channel breakdown

R71
G169
B161
Red71 (27.8%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue161 (63.1%)
Hue175.1°
Saturation (HSL)40.83%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 47 · G A9 · B A1

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