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Recognised as Colour

#40E1C4

  • #40E1C4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#40E1C4 is a cyan with RGB values 64, 225, 196 and HSL 169°, 73%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#40E1C4#40E1C4
HEX#40E1C4
RGBrgb(64, 225, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.8824, 0.7686
RGB percentages25.1%, 88.2%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(169.2, 72.9%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.2, 71.6%, 88.2%)
CMYK71.6%, 0%, 12.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,252,100
CSS custom property--colour: #40E1C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58926WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#BF1E3B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D3C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C3C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Aquamarine · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5Aqua · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1405D
Analogous#40E173, #40AEE1
Triadic#C440E1, #E1C440
Split complementary#E140AE, #E17340
Tetradic#7340E1, #E1405D, #AEE140

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0FDFA
Lighter +30%#C4F6ED
Lighter +20%#98EFDF
Lighter +10%#6CE8D2
Darker −10%#20CEAE
Darker −20%#19A289
Darker −30%#127664
Darker −40%#0C493E
More saturated +25%#24FDD6
Less saturated −25%#5CC5B2

Channel breakdown

R64
G225
B196
Red64 (25.1%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue169.19°
Saturation (HSL)72.85%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G E1 · B C4

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