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Recognised as Colour

#4ABED6

  • #4ABED6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#4ABED6 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 190, 214 and HSL 190°, 63%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#4ABED6#4ABED6
HEX#4ABED6
RGBrgb(74, 190, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7451, 0.8392
RGB percentages29%, 74.5%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(190.3, 63.1%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 65.4%, 83.9%)
CMYK65.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,898,518
CSS custom property--colour: #4ABED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#B54129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB8D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A9D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.7Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.9Light seagreen · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6624A
Analogous#4AD6A8, #4A78D6
Triadic#D64ABE, #BED64A
Split complementary#D64A78, #D6A84A
Tetradic#A84AD6, #D6624A, #78D64A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0FAFC
Lighter +30%#C7EBF2
Lighter +20%#9DDCE9
Lighter +10%#74CDDF
Darker −10%#2CA8C1
Darker −20%#228498
Darker −30%#195F6E
Darker −40%#103B44
More saturated +25%#2ED0F2
Less saturated −25%#66ACBA

Channel breakdown

R74
G190
B214
Red74 (29%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue190.29°
Saturation (HSL)63.06%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G BE · B D6

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