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Recognised as Colour

#46DEC5

  • #46DEC5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#46DEC5 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 222, 197 and HSL 170°, 70%, 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 Turquoise.

Colour values

#46DEC5#46DEC5
HEX#46DEC5
RGBrgb(70, 222, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.8706, 0.7725
RGB percentages27.5%, 87.1%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(170.1, 69.7%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 68.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK68.5%, 0%, 11.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,644,549
CSS custom property--colour: #46DEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.52:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#B9213A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D1C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC1C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2D6no 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 text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6Aquamarine · ΔE 14.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16Light seagreen · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.95, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE465F
Analogous#46DE79, #46ABDE
Triadic#C546DE, #DEC546
Split complementary#DE46AB, #DE7946
Tetradic#7946DE, #DE465F, #ABDE46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3FDFB
Lighter +30%#C8F5EE
Lighter +20%#9DEDE0
Lighter +10%#71E6D3
Darker −10%#24CDB1
Darker −20%#1DA18B
Darker −30%#157666
Darker −40%#0D4B41
More saturated +25%#2BF9D7
Less saturated −25%#61C3B3

Channel breakdown

R70
G222
B197
Red70 (27.5%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue170.13°
Saturation (HSL)69.72%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G DE · B C5

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