Colour

#4AECEA

#4AECEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#4AECEA is a cyan with RGB values 74, 236, 234 and HSL 179°, 81%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#4AECEA#4AECEA

HEX#4AECEA

RGBrgb(74, 236, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.9255, 0.9176

RGB percentages29%, 92.5%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(179.3, 81%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 68.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK68.6%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,910,314

CSS custom property--colour: #4AECEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.48:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#B51315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDE0EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5CFEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00F3EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Aqua · ΔE 9.3 Cyan · ΔE 9.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC4A4C

Analogous#4AEC99, #4A9DEC

Triadic#EA4AEC, #ECEA4A

Split complementary#EC4A9D, #EC994A

Tetradic#994AEC, #EC4A4C, #9DEC4A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D4FBFA

Lighter +20%#A6F6F5

Lighter +10%#78F1EF

Darker −10%#1CE7E5

Darker −20%#14BCBA

Darker −30%#0F8E8D

Darker −40%#0A605F

More saturated +25%#37FFFD

Less saturated −25%#63D3D2

Channel breakdown

R74

G236

B234

Red74 (29%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue179.26°

Saturation (HSL)81%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4A · G EC · B EA

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