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Recognised as Colour

#46ACA6

  • #46ACA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#46ACA6 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 172, 166 and HSL 176°, 42%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#46ACA6#46ACA6
HEX#46ACA6
RGBrgb(70, 172, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6745, 0.651
RGB percentages27.5%, 67.5%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(176.5, 42.1%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.5, 59.3%, 67.5%)
CMYK59.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,631,718
CSS custom property--colour: #46ACA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.71:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#B95359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A4A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9398A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.9Cadetblue · ΔE 11.7Dark cyan · ΔE 12.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1Teal · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC464C
Analogous#46AC73, #467FAC
Triadic#A646AC, #ACA646
Split complementary#AC467F, #AC7346
Tetradic#7346AC, #AC464C, #7FAC46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2ECEB
Lighter +30%#ADDEDB
Lighter +20%#89CFCB
Lighter +10%#65C0BB
Darker −10%#378883
Darker −20%#286460
Darker −30%#1A3F3D
Darker −40%#0B1B1A
More saturated +25%#28CAC1
Less saturated −25%#648E8B

Channel breakdown

R70
G172
B166
Red70 (27.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue176.47°
Saturation (HSL)42.15%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G AC · B A6

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