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Recognised as Colour

#46BEE9

  • #46BEE9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#46BEE9 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 190, 233 and HSL 196°, 79%, 59%. 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

#46BEE9#46BEE9
HEX#46BEE9
RGBrgb(70, 190, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.7451, 0.9137
RGB percentages27.5%, 74.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(195.8, 78.7%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 70%, 91.4%)
CMYK70%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,636,393
CSS custom property--colour: #46BEE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.8 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#A8A8A8
Inverted#B94116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7BAEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#90AAE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 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 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 11.9Sky blue · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 24.4Light steelblue · ΔE 25.1Steel blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E97146
Analogous#46E9C3, #466CE9
Triadic#E946BE, #BEE946
Split complementary#E9466C, #E9C246
Tetradic#C346E9, #E97146, #6DE946

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFEFF
Lighter +30%#CFEEF9
Lighter +20%#A1DEF4
Lighter +10%#74CEEE
Darker −10%#1BADE1
Darker −20%#158AB4
Darker −30%#106786
Darker −40%#0B4458
More saturated +25%#30C8FF
Less saturated −25%#60B2CF

Channel breakdown

R70
G190
B233
Red70 (27.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue195.83°
Saturation (HSL)78.74%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G BE · B E9

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