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Recognised as Colour

#46AB9B

  • #46AB9B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#46AB9B is a cyan with RGB values 70, 171, 155 and HSL 170°, 42%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#46AB9B#46AB9B
HEX#46AB9B
RGBrgb(70, 171, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6706, 0.6078
RGB percentages27.5%, 67.1%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(170.5, 41.9%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 59.1%, 67.1%)
CMYK59.1%, 0%, 9.4%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,631,451
CSS custom property--colour: #46AB9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#B95464

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A29Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#94969Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.4Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Teal · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB4656
Analogous#46AB68, #4689AB
Triadic#9B46AB, #AB9B46
Split complementary#AB4689, #AB6846
Tetradic#6846AB, #AB4656, #89AB46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1ECE8
Lighter +30%#ADDDD6
Lighter +20%#89CEC3
Lighter +10%#64C0B1
Darker −10%#37877A
Darker −20%#286359
Darker −30%#1A3E39
Darker −40%#0B1A18
More saturated +25%#28C9B0
Less saturated −25%#648D86

Channel breakdown

R70
G171
B155
Red70 (27.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue170.5°
Saturation (HSL)41.91%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G AB · B 9B

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