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Recognised as Colour

#46A88B

  • #46A88B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#46A88B is a cyan with RGB values 70, 168, 139 and HSL 162°, 41%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#46A88B#46A88B
HEX#46A88B
RGBrgb(70, 168, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6588, 0.5451
RGB percentages27.5%, 65.9%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(162.2, 41.2%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.2, 58.3%, 65.9%)
CMYK58.3%, 0%, 17.3%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,630,667
CSS custom property--colour: #46A88B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.23:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#B95774

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39E8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#95938Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#02A9A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 13.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.4Sea green · ΔE 18Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.2Dark cyan · ΔE 19.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 13.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A84663
Analogous#46A85A, #4694A8
Triadic#8B46A8, #A88B46
Split complementary#A84694, #A85A46
Tetradic#5A46A8, #A84663, #94A846

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFEBE3
Lighter +30%#ABDCCD
Lighter +20%#87CDB8
Lighter +10%#63BEA3
Darker −10%#37846D
Darker −20%#28604F
Darker −30%#193C32
Darker −40%#0A1814
More saturated +25%#28C697
Less saturated −25%#648A7F

Channel breakdown

R70
G168
B139
Red70 (27.5%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue162.24°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G A8 · B 8B

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