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Recognised as Colour

#46E7CA

  • #46E7CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#46E7CA is a cyan with RGB values 70, 231, 202 and HSL 169°, 77%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#46E7CA#46E7CA
HEX#46E7CA
RGBrgb(70, 231, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.9059, 0.7922
RGB percentages27.5%, 90.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(169.2, 77%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.2, 69.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK69.7%, 0%, 12.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,646,858
CSS custom property--colour: #46E7CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#B91835

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DED9C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C9CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00EADEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.5Aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2Aqua · ΔE 18Cyan · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E74663
Analogous#46E779, #46B4E7
Triadic#CA46E7, #E7CA46
Split complementary#E746B4, #E77946
Tetradic#7946E7, #E74663, #B4E746

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFEFE
Lighter +30%#CDF9F1
Lighter +20%#A0F3E4
Lighter +10%#73EDD7
Darker −10%#1DDDBB
Darker −20%#17B095
Darker −30%#11836E
Darker −40%#0B5648
More saturated +25%#2EFFD9
Less saturated −25%#60CDB9

Channel breakdown

R70
G231
B202
Red70 (27.5%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue169.19°
Saturation (HSL)77.03%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G E7 · B CA

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