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Recognised as Colour

#46DDD5

  • #46DDD5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#46DDD5 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 221, 213 and HSL 177°, 69%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#46DDD5#46DDD5
HEX#46DDD5
RGBrgb(70, 221, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.8667, 0.8353
RGB percentages27.5%, 86.7%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(176.8, 68.9%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 68.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK68.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,644,309
CSS custom property--colour: #46DDD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57819WCAG 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 12.56:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#B9222A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D2D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC1D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E3DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5Medium turquoise · ΔE 5Dark turquoise · ΔE 8Aqua · ΔE 14.4Cyan · ΔE 14.4Light seagreen · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD464E
Analogous#46DD89, #469ADD
Triadic#D546DD, #DDD546
Split complementary#DD469A, #DD8946
Tetradic#8946DD, #DD464E, #9ADD46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2FDFC
Lighter +30%#C7F5F2
Lighter +20%#9CEDE9
Lighter +10%#71E5DF
Darker −10%#25CBC2
Darker −20%#1DA099
Darker −30%#157570
Darker −40%#0E4946
More saturated +25%#2BF8ED
Less saturated −25%#61C2BD

Channel breakdown

R70
G221
B213
Red70 (27.5%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue176.82°
Saturation (HSL)68.95%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G DD · B D5

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