All About Color #478A8A

#478A8A

About #478A8A

#478A8A is a medium cyan color with the hex code #478A8A. In RGB it is red 71, green 138, blue 138; in HSL it is hue 180°, saturation 32%, lightness 41%; in CMYK it is 49%, 0%, 0%, 46%. Its contrast ratio is 3.98:1 on white and 5.27:1 on black.

#478A8A Color Conversion

Hex triplet47, 8A, 8A
CMYK48.55%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 45.88%
RGB Decimal71, 138, 138
HSL180°, 32%, 41%
RGB Octal107, 212, 212
HSV (HSB)180.00°, 48.55%, 54.12%
RGB Binary1000111, 10001010, 10001010
CIE-L*AB53.33, -21.20, -6.59
RGB Percent27.84%, 54.12%, 54.12%
CIE-L*CH53.33, 22.20, 197.27
XYZ16.27, 21.35, 27.31
CIE-L*UV53.33, -29.31, -6.32
xyY0.25, 0.33, 21.35
Hunter-Lab46.21, -18.00, -2.69
RYB27.84%, 40.98%, 54.12%

Color Accessibility Scores

#478A8A on a dark background: contrast 5.27:1, passes WCAG AA.
#478A8A on a light background: contrast 3.98:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #478A8A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#478A8A · #75B8B8 · #284D4D · #8A4747 · #B87575

Analogous palette

#478A47 · #478A69 · #478A8A · #47698A · #47478A

Triadic palette

#478A8A · #8A478A · #8A8A47 · #75B8B8 · #B875B8

Tetradic palette

#478A8A · #69478A · #8A4747 · #698A47 · #284D4D

Monochromatic palette

#132525 · #2D5858 · #478A8A · #6BB3B3 · #9DCDCD

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