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Recognised as Colour

#46A690

  • #46A690
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#46A690 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 166, 144 and HSL 166°, 41%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#46A690#46A690
HEX#46A690
RGBrgb(70, 166, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.651, 0.5647
RGB percentages27.5%, 65.1%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(166.2, 40.7%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.2, 57.8%, 65.1%)
CMYK57.8%, 0%, 13.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,630,160
CSS custom property--colour: #46A690;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#B9596F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09C8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#929292no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00A89Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3Dark cyan · ΔE 15.8Cadetblue · ΔE 17.5Teal · ΔE 18.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6465C
Analogous#46A660, #468CA6
Triadic#9046A6, #A69046
Split complementary#A6468C, #A66046
Tetradic#6046A6, #A6465C, #8CA646

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEEAE4
Lighter +30%#AADBD0
Lighter +20%#86CCBC
Lighter +10%#62BDA8
Darker −10%#378271
Darker −20%#285E52
Darker −30%#193A33
Darker −40%#091714
More saturated +25%#29C3A0
Less saturated −25%#648980

Channel breakdown

R70
G166
B144
Red70 (27.5%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue166.25°
Saturation (HSL)40.68%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G A6 · B 90

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