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Colour

#46B4AF

  • #46B4AF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#46B4AF is a cyan with RGB values 70, 180, 175 and HSL 177°, 44%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#46B4AF#46B4AF
HEX#46B4AF
RGBrgb(70, 180, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.7059, 0.6863
RGB percentages27.5%, 70.6%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(177.3, 44%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.3, 61.1%, 70.6%)
CMYK61.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,633,775
CSS custom property--colour: #46B4AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.41:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#B94B50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAABAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#999FB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 11Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.1Cadetblue · ΔE 13.9Dark cyan · ΔE 15.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4464B
Analogous#46B478, #4682B4
Triadic#AF46B4, #B4AF46
Split complementary#B44682, #B47846
Tetradic#7846B4, #B4464B, #82B446

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7EFEE
Lighter +30%#B2E1DF
Lighter +20%#8DD3D0
Lighter +10%#69C4C0
Darker −10%#388F8B
Darker −20%#296B68
Darker −30%#1B4644
Darker −40%#0D2120
More saturated +25%#27D3CB
Less saturated −25%#659593

Channel breakdown

R70
G180
B175
Red70 (27.5%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue177.27°
Saturation (HSL)44%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G B4 · B AF

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