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Recognised as Colour

#46B5BD

  • #46B5BD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#46B5BD is a cyan with RGB values 70, 181, 189 and HSL 184°, 47%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#46B5BD#46B5BD
HEX#46B5BD
RGBrgb(70, 181, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.7098, 0.7412
RGB percentages27.5%, 71%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(184, 47.4%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 63%, 74.1%)
CMYK63%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,634,045
CSS custom property--colour: #46B5BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#B94A42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8AEBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A0BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.6Cadetblue · ΔE 12.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark cyan · ΔE 16.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD4E46
Analogous#46BD89, #467ABD
Triadic#BD46B5, #B5BD46
Split complementary#BD467A, #BD8946
Tetradic#8946BD, #BD4E46, #7ABD46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCF1F3
Lighter +30%#B7E2E5
Lighter +20%#91D3D8
Lighter +10%#6CC4CA
Darker −10%#379399
Darker −20%#296F74
Darker −30%#1C4B4E
Darker −40%#0E2729
More saturated +25%#27D0DC
Less saturated −25%#659A9E

Channel breakdown

R70
G181
B189
Red70 (27.5%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue184.03°
Saturation (HSL)47.41%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G B5 · B BD

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