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Recognised as Colour

#46D6FC

  • #46D6FC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#46D6FC is a cyan with RGB values 70, 214, 252 and HSL 193°, 97%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#46D6FC#46D6FC
HEX#46D6FC
RGBrgb(70, 214, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.8392, 0.9882
RGB percentages27.5%, 83.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(192.5, 96.8%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.5, 72.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK72.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,642,556
CSS custom property--colour: #46D6FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.28:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#B92903

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BED0FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6BEFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E3E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.8Light blue · ΔE 23.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FC6C46
Analogous#46FCC7, #467BFC
Triadic#FC46D6, #D6FC46
Split complementary#FC467B, #FCC746
Tetradic#C746FC, #FC6C46, #7BFC46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDF7FE
Lighter +20%#AAECFE
Lighter +10%#78E1FD
Darker −10%#14CBFB
Darker −20%#04ACD8
Darker −30%#0384A6
Darker −40%#025C74
More saturated +25%#43D8FF
Less saturated −25%#5EC8E4

Channel breakdown

R70
G214
B252
Red70 (27.5%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue192.53°
Saturation (HSL)96.81%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G D6 · B FC

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