Recognised as Colour

#47D4E7

#47D4E7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#47D4E7 is a cyan with RGB values 71, 212, 231 and HSL 187°, 77%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#47D4E7#47D4E7

HEX#47D4E7

RGBrgb(71, 212, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.8314, 0.9059

RGB percentages27.8%, 83.1%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(187.1, 76.9%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.1, 69.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK69.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,707,559

CSS custom property--colour: #47D4E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.84:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#B82B18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2CCE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABBBE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00DDDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Sky blue · ΔE 16.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 20 Turquoise · ΔE 20.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E75A47

Analogous#47E7AA, #4784E7

Triadic#E747D4, #D4E747

Split complementary#E74784, #E7AA47

Tetradic#AA47E7, #E75A47, #84E747

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFEFF

Lighter +30%#CEF4F9

Lighter +20%#A1E9F3

Lighter +10%#74DFED

Darker −10%#1DC7DE

Darker −20%#179FB1

Darker −30%#117684

Darker −40%#0B4E57

More saturated +25%#2FE6FF

Less saturated −25%#61C0CD

Channel breakdown

R71

G212

B231

Red71 (27.8%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue187.13°

Saturation (HSL)76.92%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G D4 · B E7

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