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Recognised as Colour

#4AC0B2

  • #4AC0B2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#4AC0B2 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 192, 178 and HSL 173°, 48%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4AC0B2#4AC0B2
HEX#4AC0B2
RGBrgb(74, 192, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7529, 0.698
RGB percentages29%, 75.3%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(172.9, 48.4%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 61.5%, 75.3%)
CMYK61.5%, 0%, 7.3%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,898,994
CSS custom property--colour: #4AC0B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.47:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#B53F4D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B6B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A9B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2Turquoise · ΔE 12.9Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C04A58
Analogous#4AC077, #4A93C0
Triadic#B24AC0, #C0B24A
Split complementary#C04A93, #C0774A
Tetradic#774AC0, #C04A58, #93C04A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1F5F2
Lighter +30%#BBE8E2
Lighter +20%#96DAD2
Lighter +10%#70CDC2
Darker −10%#389F93
Darker −20%#2A7A70
Darker −30%#1D544D
Darker −40%#102E2A
More saturated +25%#2CDFC9
Less saturated −25%#69A29B

Channel breakdown

R74
G192
B178
Red74 (29%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue172.88°
Saturation (HSL)48.36%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4A · G C0 · B B2

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