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Colour

#46BDF0

  • #46BDF0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#46BDF0 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 189, 240 and HSL 198°, 85%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#46BDF0#46BDF0
HEX#46BDF0
RGBrgb(70, 189, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.7412, 0.9412
RGB percentages27.5%, 74.1%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(198, 85%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 70.8%, 94.1%)
CMYK70.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,636,144
CSS custom property--colour: #46BDF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.8:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#B9420F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3BAF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CAAEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.7Light skyblue · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 15.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.8Light steelblue · ΔE 25.9Light blue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F07946
Analogous#46F0CE, #4668F0
Triadic#F046BD, #BDF046
Split complementary#F04668, #F0CE46
Tetradic#CE46F0, #F07946, #68F046

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D4EFFB
Lighter +20%#A4DFF8
Lighter +10%#75CEF4
Darker −10%#17ACEC
Darker −20%#108BC0
Darker −30%#0C6991
Darker −40%#084762
More saturated +25%#37C3FF
Less saturated −25%#5FB3D7

Channel breakdown

R70
G189
B240
Red70 (27.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue198°
Saturation (HSL)85%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G BD · B F0

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