Recognised as Colour

#47DEC6

#47DEC6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#47DEC6 is a cyan with RGB values 71, 222, 198 and HSL 170°, 70%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#47DEC6#47DEC6

HEX#47DEC6

RGBrgb(71, 222, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.8706, 0.7765

RGB percentages27.8%, 87.1%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(170.5, 69.6%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 68%, 87.1%)

CMYK68%, 0%, 10.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,710,086

CSS custom property--colour: #47DEC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.53:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#B82139

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D1C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFC1C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.8

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.41, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE475F

Analogous#47DE7B, #47AADE

Triadic#C647DE, #DEC647

Split complementary#DE47AA, #DE7B47

Tetradic#7B47DE, #DE475F, #AADE47

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4FDFC

Lighter +30%#C9F5EE

Lighter +20%#9DEEE1

Lighter +10%#72E6D3

Darker −10%#25CDB2

Darker −20%#1DA28D

Darker −30%#157767

Darker −40%#0E4B42

More saturated +25%#2CF9D9

Less saturated −25%#62C3B3

Channel breakdown

R71

G222

B198

Red71 (27.8%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue170.46°

Saturation (HSL)69.59%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 47 · G DE · B C6

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