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Recognised as Colour

#44BCAC

  • #44BCAC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#44BCAC is a cyan with RGB values 68, 188, 172 and HSL 172°, 47%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#44BCAC#44BCAC
HEX#44BCAC
RGBrgb(68, 188, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.7373, 0.6745
RGB percentages26.7%, 73.7%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(172, 47.2%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 63.8%, 73.7%)
CMYK63.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,504,748
CSS custom property--colour: #44BCAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#BB4353

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B2ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A5AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Turquoise · ΔE 13.8Dark cyan · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC4454
Analogous#44BC70, #4490BC
Triadic#AC44BC, #BCAC44
Split complementary#BC4490, #BC7044
Tetradic#7044BC, #BC4454, #90BC44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAF2EF
Lighter +30%#B5E4DE
Lighter +20%#8FD7CD
Lighter +10%#6AC9BD
Darker −10%#36978A
Darker −20%#297168
Darker −30%#1B4C45
Darker −40%#0E2623
More saturated +25%#24DCC3
Less saturated −25%#649C95

Channel breakdown

R68
G188
B172
Red68 (26.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue172°
Saturation (HSL)47.24%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 44 · G BC · B AC

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