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Recognised as Colour

#46A57E

  • #46A57E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#46A57E is a cyan with RGB values 70, 165, 126 and HSL 155°, 40%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#46A57E#46A57E
HEX#46A57E
RGBrgb(70, 165, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6471, 0.4941
RGB percentages27.5%, 64.7%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(155.4, 40.4%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.4, 57.6%, 64.7%)
CMYK57.6%, 0%, 23.6%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,629,886
CSS custom property--colour: #46A57E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.94:1
Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#B95A81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A29A7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#959080no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#1BA59Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 13Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.4Light seagreen · ΔE 18.8Dark cyan · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 12.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5466D
Analogous#46A54E, #469DA5
Triadic#7E46A5, #A57E46
Split complementary#A5469C, #A54E46
Tetradic#4F46A5, #A5466D, #9DA546

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDEADE
Lighter +30%#A9DBC6
Lighter +20%#86CBAF
Lighter +10%#62BC97
Darker −10%#378163
Darker −20%#285D47
Darker −30%#183A2C
Darker −40%#091611
More saturated +25%#29C283
Less saturated −25%#638879

Channel breakdown

R70
G165
B126
Red70 (27.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue155.37°
Saturation (HSL)40.43%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G A5 · B 7E

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