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Recognised as Colour

#4AC2B4

  • #4AC2B4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#4AC2B4 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 194, 180 and HSL 173°, 50%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4AC2B4#4AC2B4
HEX#4AC2B4
RGBrgb(74, 194, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7608, 0.7059
RGB percentages29%, 76.1%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(173, 49.6%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 61.9%, 76.1%)
CMYK61.9%, 0%, 7.2%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,899,508
CSS custom property--colour: #4AC2B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#B53D4B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B8B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7AAB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12Turquoise · ΔE 12.1Cadetblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C24A58
Analogous#4AC278, #4A94C2
Triadic#B44AC2, #C2B44A
Split complementary#C24A94, #C2784A
Tetradic#784AC2, #C24A58, #94C24A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F5F3
Lighter +30%#BCE9E3
Lighter +20%#96DCD4
Lighter +10%#70CFC4
Darker −10%#37A296
Darker −20%#2A7C73
Darker −30%#1D564F
Darker −40%#10302C
More saturated +25%#2CE0CB
Less saturated −25%#68A49D

Channel breakdown

R74
G194
B180
Red74 (29%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue173°
Saturation (HSL)49.59%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4A · G C2 · B B4

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