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Recognised as Colour

#4AC2AF

  • #4AC2AF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#4AC2AF is a cyan with RGB values 74, 194, 175 and HSL 171°, 50%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4AC2AF#4AC2AF
HEX#4AC2AF
RGBrgb(74, 194, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7608, 0.6863
RGB percentages29%, 76.1%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(170.5, 49.6%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 61.9%, 76.1%)
CMYK61.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,899,503
CSS custom property--colour: #4AC2AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165 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#B53D50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAB7AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8AAB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5BCno 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 text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.6Turquoise · ΔE 12Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.8Cadetblue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C24A5D
Analogous#4AC273, #4A99C2
Triadic#AF4AC2, #C2AF4A
Split complementary#C24A99, #C2734A
Tetradic#734AC2, #C24A5D, #99C24A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F5F2
Lighter +30%#BCE9E2
Lighter +20%#96DCD1
Lighter +10%#70CFC0
Darker −10%#37A291
Darker −20%#2A7C6F
Darker −30%#1D564D
Darker −40%#10302B
More saturated +25%#2CE0C4
Less saturated −25%#68A49A

Channel breakdown

R74
G194
B175
Red74 (29%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue170.5°
Saturation (HSL)49.59%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4A · G C2 · B AF

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