Recognised as Colour

#46DCDA

#46DCDA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#46DCDA is a cyan with RGB values 70, 220, 218 and HSL 179°, 68%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#46DCDA

RGBrgb(70, 220, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.8627, 0.8549

RGB percentages27.5%, 86.3%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(179.2, 68.2%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 68.2%, 86.3%)

CMYK68.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,644,058

CSS custom property--colour: #46DCDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.51:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#B92325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CED1DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8C1DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00E3DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 4.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.1 Turquoise · ΔE 8.4 Aqua · ΔE 14.6 Cyan · ΔE 14.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 4.43, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC4648

Analogous#46DC8F, #4693DC

Triadic#DA46DC, #DCDA46

Split complementary#DC4693, #DC8F46

Tetradic#8F46DC, #DC4648, #93DC46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2FCFC

Lighter +30%#C7F4F4

Lighter +20%#9CECEB

Lighter +10%#71E4E3

Darker −10%#26C9C7

Darker −20%#1E9E9C

Darker −30%#167372

Darker −40%#0E4848

More saturated +25%#2AF8F5

Less saturated −25%#62C1BF

Channel breakdown

R70

G220

B218

Red70 (27.5%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue179.2°

Saturation (HSL)68.18%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 46 · G DC · B DA

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