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Recognised as Colour

#4ABCF1

  • #4ABCF1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#4ABCF1 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 188, 241 and HSL 199°, 86%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#4ABCF1#4ABCF1
HEX#4ABCF1
RGBrgb(74, 188, 241)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7373, 0.9451
RGB percentages29%, 73.7%, 94.5%
HSLhsl(199, 85.6%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 69.3%, 94.5%)
CMYK69.3%, 22%, 0%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,898,033
CSS custom property--colour: #4ABCF1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#B5430E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2BAF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA9F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00CACEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.2Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 16.1Steel blue · ΔE 23Light steelblue · ΔE 25.8Light blue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F17F4A
Analogous#4AF1D3, #4A68F1
Triadic#F14ABC, #BCF14A
Split complementary#F14A68, #F1D34A
Tetradic#D34AF1, #F17F4A, #68F14A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D8F1FC
Lighter +20%#A9DFF8
Lighter +10%#79CEF5
Darker −10%#1BAAED
Darker −20%#0F8CC6
Darker −30%#0C6A96
Darker −40%#084967
More saturated +25%#3CC1FF
Less saturated −25%#62B3D9

Channel breakdown

R74
G188
B241
Red74 (29%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue241 (94.5%)
Hue199.04°
Saturation (HSL)85.64%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G BC · B F1

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