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Colour

#46ADDC

  • #46ADDC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#46ADDC is a cyan with RGB values 70, 173, 220 and HSL 199°, 68%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#46ADDC#46ADDC
HEX#46ADDC
RGBrgb(70, 173, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6784, 0.8627
RGB percentages27.5%, 67.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(198.8, 68.2%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 68.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK68.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,632,028
CSS custom property--colour: #46ADDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#B95223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95ABDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#819CDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00BABDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 18Light steelblue · ΔE 24.9Cadetblue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC7546
Analogous#46DCC0, #4662DC
Triadic#DC46AD, #ADDC46
Split complementary#DC4662, #DCC046
Tetradic#C046DC, #DC7546, #62DC46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F9FC
Lighter +30%#C7E6F4
Lighter +20%#9CD3EC
Lighter +10%#71C0E4
Darker −10%#2696C9
Darker −20%#1E769E
Darker −30%#165673
Darker −40%#0E3648
More saturated +25%#2AB7F8
Less saturated −25%#62A3C1

Channel breakdown

R70
G173
B220
Red70 (27.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue198.8°
Saturation (HSL)68.18%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G AD · B DC

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