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Recognised as Colour

#46DDC4

  • #46DDC4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#46DDC4 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 221, 196 and HSL 170°, 69%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#46DDC4#46DDC4
HEX#46DDC4
RGBrgb(70, 221, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.8667, 0.7686
RGB percentages27.5%, 86.7%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(170.1, 68.9%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 68.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK68.3%, 0%, 11.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,644,292
CSS custom property--colour: #46DDC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.4:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#B9223B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D0C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC0C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.4Aquamarine · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9Light seagreen · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD465F
Analogous#46DD79, #46AADD
Triadic#C446DD, #DDC446
Split complementary#DD46AA, #DD7946
Tetradic#7946DD, #DD465F, #AADD46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2FDFB
Lighter +30%#C7F5ED
Lighter +20%#9CEDDF
Lighter +10%#71E5D2
Darker −10%#25CBAF
Darker −20%#1DA08A
Darker −30%#157565
Darker −40%#0E4940
More saturated +25%#2BF8D6
Less saturated −25%#61C2B2

Channel breakdown

R70
G221
B196
Red70 (27.5%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue170.07°
Saturation (HSL)68.95%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G DD · B C4

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