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Recognised as Colour

#47B7BC

  • #47B7BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#47B7BC is a cyan with RGB values 71, 183, 188 and HSL 183°, 47%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#47B7BC#47B7BC
HEX#47B7BC
RGBrgb(71, 183, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.7176, 0.7373
RGB percentages27.8%, 71.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(182.6, 46.6%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 62.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK62.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,700,092
CSS custom property--colour: #47B7BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#B84843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABAFBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A2BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.4Cadetblue · ΔE 13.3Dark cyan · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC4C47
Analogous#47BC86, #477DBC
Triadic#BC47B7, #B7BC47
Split complementary#BC477D, #BC8647
Tetradic#8647BC, #BC4C47, #7DBC47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDF2F2
Lighter +30%#B7E3E5
Lighter +20%#92D4D7
Lighter +10%#6CC6CA
Darker −10%#389498
Darker −20%#2A7073
Darker −30%#1C4C4E
Darker −40%#0F2728
More saturated +25%#28D4DB
Less saturated −25%#669A9D

Channel breakdown

R71
G183
B188
Red71 (27.8%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue182.56°
Saturation (HSL)46.61%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G B7 · B BC

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