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Recognised as Colour

#47AA8A

  • #47AA8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#47AA8A is a cyan with RGB values 71, 170, 138 and HSL 161°, 41%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#47AA8A#47AA8A
HEX#47AA8A
RGBrgb(71, 170, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.6667, 0.5412
RGB percentages27.8%, 66.7%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(160.6, 41.1%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.6, 58.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK58.2%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,696,714
CSS custom property--colour: #47AA8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#B85575

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69F88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#97958Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#09ABA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.5Light seagreen · ΔE 14.5Sea green · ΔE 17.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.1Dark cyan · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 12.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA4767
Analogous#47AA59, #4798AA
Triadic#8A47AA, #AA8A47
Split complementary#AA4798, #AA5947
Tetradic#5947AA, #AA4767, #98AA47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1ECE3
Lighter +30%#ADDDCD
Lighter +20%#89CEB8
Lighter +10%#65BFA2
Darker −10%#38866D
Darker −20%#296250
Darker −30%#1A3E32
Darker −40%#0B1A15
More saturated +25%#29C895
Less saturated −25%#658C7F

Channel breakdown

R71
G170
B138
Red71 (27.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue160.61°
Saturation (HSL)41.08%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 47 · G AA · B 8A

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