Colour

#46AEA6

#46AEA6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#46AEA6 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 174, 166 and HSL 175°, 43%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#46AEA6#46AEA6

HEX#46AEA6

RGBrgb(70, 174, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6824, 0.651

RGB percentages27.5%, 68.2%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(175.4, 42.6%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 59.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK59.8%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,632,230

CSS custom property--colour: #46AEA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1

Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#B95159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A5A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9599A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00B2ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6 Cadetblue · ΔE 12.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Teal · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE464E

Analogous#46AE72, #4682AE

Triadic#A646AE, #AEA646

Split complementary#AE4682, #AE7246

Tetradic#7246AE, #AE464E, #82AE46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3EDEB

Lighter +30%#AEDFDB

Lighter +20%#8AD0CB

Lighter +10%#66C1BA

Darker −10%#378A83

Darker −20%#296561

Darker −30%#1A413E

Darker −40%#0B1D1B

More saturated +25%#28CDC0

Less saturated −25%#65908C

Channel breakdown

R70

G174

B166

Red70 (27.5%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue175.38°

Saturation (HSL)42.62%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 46 · G AE · B A6

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Colour values

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