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Recognised as Colour

#46AC8A

  • #46AC8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#46AC8A is a cyan with RGB values 70, 172, 138 and HSL 160°, 42%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#46AC8A#46AC8A
HEX#46AC8A
RGBrgb(70, 172, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6745, 0.5412
RGB percentages27.5%, 67.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(160, 42.1%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 59.3%, 67.5%)
CMYK59.3%, 0%, 19.8%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,631,690
CSS custom property--colour: #46AC8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#B95375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A188no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#99968Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Light seagreen · ΔE 15.2Sea green · ΔE 16.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 11.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC4668
Analogous#46AC57, #469BAC
Triadic#8A46AC, #AC8A46
Split complementary#AC469B, #AC5746
Tetradic#5746AC, #AC4668, #9BAC46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2ECE3
Lighter +30%#ADDECE
Lighter +20%#89CFB8
Lighter +10%#65C0A2
Darker −10%#37886D
Darker −20%#286450
Darker −30%#1A3F33
Darker −40%#0B1B16
More saturated +25%#28CA94
Less saturated −25%#648E80

Channel breakdown

R70
G172
B138
Red70 (27.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)42.15%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G AC · B 8A

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