Colour

#47CEFF

#47CEFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#47CEFF is a cyan with RGB values 71, 206, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#47CEFF#47CEFF

HEX#47CEFF

RGBrgb(71, 206, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.8078, 1

RGB percentages27.8%, 80.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(196, 100%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196, 72.2%, 100%)

CMYK72.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,706,047

CSS custom property--colour: #47CEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.54:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#B83100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4CAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BB8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00DCDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 11.9 Sky blue · ΔE 14.6 Light blue · ΔE 25.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FF7847

Analogous#47FFD4, #4772FF

Triadic#FF47CE, #CEFF47

Split complementary#FF4772, #FFD447

Tetradic#D447FF, #FF7847, #72FF47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E0F7FF

Lighter +20%#ADE9FF

Lighter +10%#7ADCFF

Darker −10%#14C0FF

Darker −20%#00A4E0

Darker −30%#007FAD

Darker −40%#005A7A

More saturated +25%#47CEFF

Less saturated −25%#5EC3E8

Channel breakdown

R71

G206

B255

Red71 (27.8%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue195.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G CE · B FF

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