Colour

#4AC1AE

#4AC1AE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#4AC1AE is a cyan with RGB values 74, 193, 174 and HSL 170°, 49%, 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

#4AC1AE#4AC1AE

HEX#4AC1AE

RGBrgb(74, 193, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7569, 0.6824

RGB percentages29%, 75.7%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(170.4, 49%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.4, 61.7%, 75.7%)

CMYK61.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,899,246

CSS custom property--colour: #4AC1AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42652WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.53:1

Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#B53E51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9B6ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7A9B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00C4BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.8 Turquoise · ΔE 12.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14 Cadetblue · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C14A5D

Analogous#4AC172, #4A99C1

Triadic#AE4AC1, #C1AE4A

Split complementary#C14A99, #C1724A

Tetradic#724AC1, #C14A5D, #99C14A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2F5F2

Lighter +30%#BCE8E1

Lighter +20%#96DBD0

Lighter +10%#70CEBF

Darker −10%#37A190

Darker −20%#2A7B6E

Darker −30%#1D554C

Darker −40%#102F2A

More saturated +25%#2CDFC3

Less saturated −25%#68A399

Channel breakdown

R74

G193

B174

Red74 (29%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue170.42°

Saturation (HSL)48.97%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4A · G C1 · B AE

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