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Recognised as Colour

#4AD5FF

  • #4AD5FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#4AD5FF is a cyan with RGB values 74, 213, 255 and HSL 194°, 100%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#4AD5FF#4AD5FF
HEX#4AD5FF
RGBrgb(74, 213, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.8353, 1
RGB percentages29%, 83.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(193.9, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.9, 71%, 100%)
CMYK71%, 16.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,904,447
CSS custom property--colour: #4AD5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#B52A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDD0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BEFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 24.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 24.3Powder blue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF744A
Analogous#4AFFCF, #4A7BFF
Triadic#FF4AD5, #D5FF4A
Split complementary#FF4A7B, #FFCF4A
Tetradic#CF4AFF, #FF744A, #7AFF4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F9FF
Lighter +20%#B0EDFF
Lighter +10%#7DE1FF
Darker −10%#17C9FF
Darker −20%#00AEE3
Darker −30%#0087B0
Darker −40%#00607D
More saturated +25%#4AD5FF
Less saturated −25%#61C9E8

Channel breakdown

R74
G213
B255
Red74 (29%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue193.92°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G D5 · B FF

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