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Recognised as Colour

#47BCD5

  • #47BCD5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#47BCD5 is a cyan with RGB values 71, 188, 213 and HSL 191°, 63%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#47BCD5#47BCD5
HEX#47BCD5
RGBrgb(71, 188, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.7373, 0.8353
RGB percentages27.8%, 73.7%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(190.6, 62.8%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 66.7%, 83.5%)
CMYK66.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,701,397
CSS custom property--colour: #47BCD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#B8432A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB6D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A7D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13Light skyblue · ΔE 17.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.1Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6Light seagreen · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D56047
Analogous#47D5A7, #4775D5
Triadic#D547BC, #BCD547
Split complementary#D54775, #D5A747
Tetradic#A747D5, #D56047, #75D547

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDF8FB
Lighter +30%#C4E9F1
Lighter +20%#9ADAE8
Lighter +10%#71CBDE
Darker −10%#2BA4BE
Darker −20%#228094
Darker −30%#185C6B
Darker −40%#0F3841
More saturated +25%#2BCEF1
Less saturated −25%#63AAB9

Channel breakdown

R71
G188
B213
Red71 (27.8%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue190.56°
Saturation (HSL)62.83%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G BC · B D5

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