Information about #47B0CD color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#47B0CD falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(71, 176, 205) — 27.8% red, 69% green, 80.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 53 / 11 / 0 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #47B0CD reads as a pleasantly vivid aqua cyan and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Maximum Blue (#47ABCC). Slightly further away sit Viking (#4DB1C8) and Aquarius (#43A8C5).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(71, 176, 205)), which gives #47B0CD its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #47B0CD: 8.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. No one has named #47B0CD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#47B0CD color variations

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#47B0CD color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #47B0CD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Moonstone color link
Moonstone

#3AA8C1

Summer Sky color link
Summer Sky

#38B0DE

Sea Serpent color link
Sea Serpent

#4BC7CF

Jellyfish color link
Jellyfish

#46C7C7

Peacock color link
Peacock

#33A1C9

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

#47B0CD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#47B0CD
  • RGB71, 176, 205
  • CMYK53, 11, 0, 20
  • HSL193°, 57%, 54%
  • HSL Precise192.985°, 57.265%, 54.118%
  • HSV193°, 65%, 80%
  • HSB193°, 65%, 80%
  • HEX ID47B0CD
  • DECIMAL ID4698317
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Cyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
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