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Recognised as Colour

#40BEC2

  • #40BEC2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#40BEC2 is a cyan with RGB values 64, 190, 194 and HSL 182°, 52%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#40BEC2#40BEC2
HEX#40BEC2
RGBrgb(64, 190, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.7451, 0.7608
RGB percentages25.1%, 74.5%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(181.8, 51.6%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.8, 67%, 76.1%)
CMYK67%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,243,138
CSS custom property--colour: #40BEC2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#BF413D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B5C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA7C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 9.1Cadetblue · ΔE 16.6Turquoise · ΔE 17.6Dark cyan · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C24440
Analogous#40C285, #407DC2
Triadic#C240BE, #BEC240
Split complementary#C2407D, #C28540
Tetradic#8540C2, #C24440, #7DC240

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBF3F3
Lighter +30%#B4E5E7
Lighter +20%#8DD8DB
Lighter +10%#67CBCE
Darker −10%#329A9D
Darker −20%#267476
Darker −30%#194E50
Darker −40%#0D2829
More saturated +25%#21DCE2
Less saturated −25%#60A0A3

Channel breakdown

R64
G190
B194
Red64 (25.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue181.85°
Saturation (HSL)51.59%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G BE · B C2

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