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Recognised as Colour

#46AE99

  • #46AE99
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#46AE99 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 174, 153 and HSL 168°, 43%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#46AE99#46AE99
HEX#46AE99
RGBrgb(70, 174, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6824, 0.6
RGB percentages27.5%, 68.2%, 60%
HSLhsl(167.9, 42.6%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.9, 59.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK59.8%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,632,217
CSS custom property--colour: #46AE99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#B95166

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A498no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#98999Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Dark cyan · ΔE 17.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE465B
Analogous#46AE65, #468FAE
Triadic#9946AE, #AE9946
Split complementary#AE468F, #AE6546
Tetradic#6546AE, #AE465B, #8FAE46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3EDE8
Lighter +30%#AEDFD5
Lighter +20%#8AD0C2
Lighter +10%#66C1AF
Darker −10%#378A79
Darker −20%#296559
Darker −30%#1A4139
Darker −40%#0B1D19
More saturated +25%#28CDAB
Less saturated −25%#659087

Channel breakdown

R70
G174
B153
Red70 (27.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue167.88°
Saturation (HSL)42.62%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G AE · B 99

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