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Recognised as Colour

#46BEA9

  • #46BEA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#46BEA9 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 190, 169 and HSL 170°, 48%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#46BEA9#46BEA9
HEX#46BEA9
RGBrgb(70, 190, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.7451, 0.6627
RGB percentages27.5%, 74.5%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(169.5, 48%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.5, 63.2%, 74.5%)
CMYK63.2%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,636,329
CSS custom property--colour: #46BEA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#B94156

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B3A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A6ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4Turquoise · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2Dark cyan · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE465B
Analogous#46BE6D, #4697BE
Triadic#A946BE, #BEA946
Split complementary#BE4697, #BE6D46
Tetradic#6D46BE, #BE465B, #97BE46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDF3EF
Lighter +30%#B7E6DE
Lighter +20%#91D9CC
Lighter +10%#6CCBBB
Darker −10%#369B89
Darker −20%#297568
Darker −30%#1C4F46
Darker −40%#0F2925
More saturated +25%#27DDBD
Less saturated −25%#659F95

Channel breakdown

R70
G190
B169
Red70 (27.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue169.5°
Saturation (HSL)48%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G BE · B A9

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