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Recognised as Colour

#4AF6B3

  • #4AF6B3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#4AF6B3 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 246, 179 and HSL 157°, 91%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#4AF6B3#4AF6B3
HEX#4AF6B3
RGBrgb(74, 246, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.9647, 0.702
RGB percentages29%, 96.5%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(156.6, 90.5%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.6, 69.9%, 96.5%)
CMYK69.9%, 0%, 27.2%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,912,819
CSS custom property--colour: #4AF6B3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.12:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#B5094C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2E4AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCD4B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00F6E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 17.3Medium spring green · ΔE 17.4Light green · ΔE 21.1Pale green · ΔE 21.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 17.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F64A8D
Analogous#4AF65D, #4AE3F6
Triadic#B34AF6, #F6B34A
Split complementary#F64AE3, #F65D4A
Tetradic#5D4AF6, #F64A8D, #E3F64A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCFDF0
Lighter +20%#ABFBDC
Lighter +10%#7BF8C7
Darker −10%#19F49F
Darker −20%#0AD083
Darker −30%#089F64
Darker −40%#056F46
More saturated +25%#41FFB5
Less saturated −25%#62DEAE

Channel breakdown

R74
G246
B179
Red74 (29%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue156.63°
Saturation (HSL)90.53%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4A · G F6 · B B3

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