Recognised as Colour

#44DAD4

#44DAD4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#44DAD4 is a cyan with RGB values 68, 218, 212 and HSL 178°, 67%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#44DAD4#44DAD4

HEX#44DAD4

RGBrgb(68, 218, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.8549, 0.8314

RGB percentages26.7%, 85.5%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(177.6, 67%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.6, 68.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK68.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,512,468

CSS custom property--colour: #44DAD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.23:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#BB252B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDCFD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7BFD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00E0D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 3.7 Turquoise · ΔE 6.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 14.3 Aqua · ΔE 15.2 Cyan · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 3.73, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DA444A

Analogous#44DA89, #4495DA

Triadic#D444DA, #DAD444

Split complementary#DA4495, #DA8944

Tetradic#8944DA, #DA444A, #95DA44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EEFCFB

Lighter +30%#C4F3F1

Lighter +20%#99EBE8

Lighter +10%#6FE2DE

Darker −10%#27C4BE

Darker −20%#1E9A95

Darker −30%#166F6B

Darker −40%#0E4442

More saturated +25%#28F6EE

Less saturated −25%#60BEBA

Channel breakdown

R68

G218

B212

Red68 (26.7%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue177.6°

Saturation (HSL)66.96%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 44 · G DA · B D4

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