Colour

#4ABBE9

#4ABBE9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#4ABBE9 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 187, 233 and HSL 197°, 78%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

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HEX#4ABBE9

RGBrgb(74, 187, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7333, 0.9137

RGB percentages29%, 73.3%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(197.4, 78.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.4, 68.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK68.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,897,769

CSS custom property--colour: #4ABBE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.58:1

Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#B54416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3B8EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8DA8E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00C8CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 11.3 Sky blue · ΔE 13.7 Steel blue · ΔE 23.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 24.6 Light blue · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E9784A

Analogous#4AE9C7, #4A6CE9

Triadic#E94ABB, #BBE94A

Split complementary#E94A6B, #E9C84A

Tetradic#C84AE9, #E9784A, #6BE94A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D2EEFA

Lighter +20%#A5DDF4

Lighter +10%#77CCEF

Darker −10%#1DAAE3

Darker −20%#1688B7

Darker −30%#116689

Darker −40%#0B445C

More saturated +25%#34C4FF

Less saturated −25%#63B0D0

Channel breakdown

R74

G187

B233

Red74 (29%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue197.36°

Saturation (HSL)78.33%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4A · G BB · B E9

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