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Recognised as Colour

#46E5FF

  • #46E5FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#46E5FF is a cyan with RGB values 70, 229, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#46E5FF#46E5FF
HEX#46E5FF
RGBrgb(70, 229, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.898, 1
RGB percentages27.5%, 89.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(188.4, 100%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.4, 72.5%, 100%)
CMYK72.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,646,399
CSS custom property--colour: #46E5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.91:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#B91A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6CAFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00F0EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.5Aqua · ΔE 20Cyan · ΔE 20Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 16.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF6046
Analogous#46FFBC, #4689FF
Triadic#FF46E5, #E5FF46
Split complementary#FF4689, #FFBC46
Tetradic#BC46FF, #FF6046, #89FF46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFFBFF
Lighter +20%#ACF3FF
Lighter +10%#79ECFF
Darker −10%#13DEFF
Darker −20%#00C0DF
Darker −30%#0094AC
Darker −40%#006879
More saturated +25%#46E5FF
Less saturated −25%#5DD4E8

Channel breakdown

R70
G229
B255
Red70 (27.5%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G E5 · B FF

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