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Recognised as Colour

#46C9CC

  • #46C9CC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#46C9CC is a cyan with RGB values 70, 201, 204 and HSL 181°, 57%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#46C9CC#46C9CC
HEX#46C9CC
RGBrgb(70, 201, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.7882, 0.8
RGB percentages27.5%, 78.8%, 80%
HSLhsl(181.3, 56.8%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 65.7%, 80%)
CMYK65.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,639,180
CSS custom property--colour: #46C9CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#B93633

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC0CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B1CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.4Light seagreen · ΔE 10.9Turquoise · ΔE 14.6Cadetblue · ΔE 20Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC4946
Analogous#46CC8C, #4686CC
Triadic#CC46C9, #C9CC46
Split complementary#CC4686, #CC8C46
Tetradic#8C46CC, #CC4946, #86CC46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F8F8
Lighter +30%#BEECED
Lighter +20%#96E0E2
Lighter +10%#6ED5D7
Darker −10%#30ACAF
Darker −20%#258587
Darker −30%#1A5D5F
Darker −40%#0F3637
More saturated +25%#29E5EA
Less saturated −25%#64ADAF

Channel breakdown

R70
G201
B204
Red70 (27.5%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue181.34°
Saturation (HSL)56.78%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G C9 · B CC

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