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Recognised as Colour

#47AA9D

  • #47AA9D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#47AA9D is a cyan with RGB values 71, 170, 157 and HSL 172°, 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

#47AA9D#47AA9D
HEX#47AA9D
RGBrgb(71, 170, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.6667, 0.6157
RGB percentages27.8%, 66.7%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(172.1, 41.1%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 58.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK58.2%, 0%, 7.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,696,733
CSS custom property--colour: #47AA9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#B85562

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A19Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#93969Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.3Dark cyan · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 13.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17Teal · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA4754
Analogous#47AA6C, #4785AA
Triadic#9D47AA, #AA9D47
Split complementary#AA4786, #AA6B47
Tetradic#6B47AA, #AA4754, #85AA47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1ECE8
Lighter +30%#ADDDD7
Lighter +20%#89CEC5
Lighter +10%#65BFB3
Darker −10%#38867C
Darker −20%#29625B
Darker −30%#1A3E39
Darker −40%#0B1A18
More saturated +25%#29C8B3
Less saturated −25%#658C87

Channel breakdown

R71
G170
B157
Red71 (27.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue172.12°
Saturation (HSL)41.08%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 47 · G AA · B 9D

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