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Recognised as Colour

#46E2CC

  • #46E2CC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#46E2CC is a cyan with RGB values 70, 226, 204 and HSL 172°, 73%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#46E2CC#46E2CC
HEX#46E2CC
RGBrgb(70, 226, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.8863, 0.8
RGB percentages27.5%, 88.6%, 80%
HSLhsl(171.5, 72.9%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 69%, 88.6%)
CMYK69%, 0%, 9.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,645,580
CSS custom property--colour: #46E2CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.01:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#B91D33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D5CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C5CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E6DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.1Aquamarine · ΔE 14.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 15Aqua · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.28, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2465C
Analogous#46E27E, #46AAE2
Triadic#CC46E2, #E2CC46
Split complementary#E246AA, #E27E46
Tetradic#7E46E2, #E2465C, #AAE246

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FEFD
Lighter +30%#CAF7F0
Lighter +20%#9EF0E4
Lighter +10%#72E9D8
Darker −10%#21D4BB
Darker −20%#1AA894
Darker −30%#137C6D
Darker −40%#0C5046
More saturated +25%#2BFDDF
Less saturated −25%#61C7B9

Channel breakdown

R70
G226
B204
Red70 (27.5%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue171.54°
Saturation (HSL)72.9%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G E2 · B CC

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