Colour

#46ACDD

#46ACDD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#46ACDD is a cyan with RGB values 70, 172, 221 and HSL 199°, 69%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#46ACDD#46ACDD

HEX#46ACDD

RGBrgb(70, 172, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6745, 0.8667

RGB percentages27.5%, 67.5%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(199.5, 68.9%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 68.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK68.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,631,773

CSS custom property--colour: #46ACDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.21:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#B95322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94AADFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F9BDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00B9BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4 Steel blue · ΔE 17.3 Sky blue · ΔE 17.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 25.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DD7746

Analogous#46DDC3, #4660DD

Triadic#DD46AC, #ACDD46

Split complementary#DD4660, #DDC346

Tetradic#C346DD, #DD7746, #60DD46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F2F9FD

Lighter +30%#C7E6F5

Lighter +20%#9CD3ED

Lighter +10%#71BFE5

Darker −10%#2595CB

Darker −20%#1D75A0

Darker −30%#155675

Darker −40%#0E3649

More saturated +25%#2BB6F8

Less saturated −25%#61A2C2

Channel breakdown

R70

G172

B221

Red70 (27.5%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue199.47°

Saturation (HSL)68.95%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G AC · B DD

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