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Recognised as Colour

#47ADE5

  • #47ADE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#47ADE5 is a blue with RGB values 71, 173, 229 and HSL 201°, 75%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#47ADE5#47ADE5
HEX#47ADE5
RGBrgb(71, 173, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.6784, 0.898
RGB percentages27.8%, 67.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(201.3, 75.2%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.3, 69%, 89.8%)
CMYK69%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,697,573
CSS custom property--colour: #47ADE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.38:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#B8521A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92ACE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D9DE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15Steel blue · ΔE 17.3Sky blue · ΔE 19.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.2Light steelblue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E57F47
Analogous#47E5CE, #475EE5
Triadic#E547AD, #ADE547
Split complementary#E5475E, #E5CE47
Tetradic#CE47E5, #E57F47, #5EE547

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFDFE
Lighter +30%#CDE9F8
Lighter +20%#A0D5F2
Lighter +10%#74C1EB
Darker −10%#1F98DA
Darker −20%#1979AD
Darker −30%#125A81
Darker −40%#0C3B54
More saturated +25%#2DB5FF
Less saturated −25%#61A5CB

Channel breakdown

R71
G173
B229
Red71 (27.8%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue201.27°
Saturation (HSL)75.24%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G AD · B E5

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