Recognised as Colour

#46DBCC

#46DBCC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#46DBCC is a cyan with RGB values 70, 219, 204 and HSL 174°, 67%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#46DBCC#46DBCC

HEX#46DBCC

RGBrgb(70, 219, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.8588, 0.8

RGB percentages27.5%, 85.9%, 80%

HSLhsl(174, 67.4%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174, 68%, 85.9%)

CMYK68%, 0%, 6.8%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,643,788

CSS custom property--colour: #46DBCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.26:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#B92433

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0CFCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBBFCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00E0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 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 text12.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 14.9 Aqua · ΔE 16.3

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.42, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DB4655

Analogous#46DB82, #469FDB

Triadic#CC46DB, #DBCC46

Split complementary#DB469F, #DB8246

Tetradic#8246DB, #DB4655, #9FDB46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F1FCFB

Lighter +30%#C6F4EF

Lighter +20%#9BECE4

Lighter +10%#71E3D8

Darker −10%#27C7B7

Darker −20%#1E9D90

Darker −30%#167269

Darker −40%#0E4741

More saturated +25%#2AF7E2

Less saturated −25%#62BFB6

Channel breakdown

R70

G219

B204

Red70 (27.5%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue173.96°

Saturation (HSL)67.42%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 46 · G DB · B CC

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