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Recognised as Colour

#4AAAA9

  • #4AAAA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#4AAAA9 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 170, 169 and HSL 179°, 39%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#4AAAA9#4AAAA9
HEX#4AAAA9
RGBrgb(74, 170, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.6667, 0.6627
RGB percentages29%, 66.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(179.4, 39.3%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 56.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK56.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,893,353
CSS custom property--colour: #4AAAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#B55556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A2A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9097AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Dark cyan · ΔE 12.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7Teal · ΔE 16Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA4A4B
Analogous#4AAA79, #4A7BAA
Triadic#A94AAA, #AAA94A
Split complementary#AA4A7B, #AA794A
Tetradic#794AAA, #AA4A4B, #7BAA4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4ECEC
Lighter +30%#B0DDDC
Lighter +20%#8DCDCD
Lighter +10%#69BEBD
Darker −10%#3B8686
Darker −20%#2B6362
Darker −30%#1C3F3F
Darker −40%#0C1C1C
More saturated +25%#2BC8C7
Less saturated −25%#698B8B

Channel breakdown

R74
G170
B169
Red74 (29%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue179.38°
Saturation (HSL)39.34%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4A · G AA · B A9

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