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Recognised as Colour

#47BDB5

  • #47BDB5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#47BDB5 is a cyan with RGB values 71, 189, 181 and HSL 176°, 47%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#47BDB5#47BDB5
HEX#47BDB5
RGBrgb(71, 189, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.7412, 0.7098
RGB percentages27.8%, 74.1%, 71%
HSLhsl(175.9, 47.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 62.4%, 74.1%)
CMYK62.4%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,701,621
CSS custom property--colour: #47BDB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41071WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#B8424A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B3B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A6B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.8Turquoise · ΔE 14.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5Cadetblue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD474F
Analogous#47BD7A, #478ABD
Triadic#B547BD, #BDB547
Split complementary#BD478A, #BD7A47
Tetradic#7A47BD, #BD474F, #8ABD47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDF3F1
Lighter +30%#B8E5E2
Lighter +20%#92D8D3
Lighter +10%#6DCAC4
Darker −10%#379A93
Darker −20%#2A746F
Darker −30%#1C4F4B
Darker −40%#0F2927
More saturated +25%#28DCD0
Less saturated −25%#669E9A

Channel breakdown

R71
G189
B181
Red71 (27.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue175.93°
Saturation (HSL)47.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 47 · G BD · B B5

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