Recognised as Colour

#4AFAB9

#4AFAB9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#4AFAB9 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 250, 185 and HSL 158°, 95%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#4AFAB9

RGBrgb(74, 250, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.9804, 0.7255

RGB percentages29%, 98%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(157.8, 94.6%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(157.8, 70.4%, 98%)

CMYK70.4%, 0%, 26%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,913,849

CSS custom property--colour: #4AFAB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.67:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#B50546

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5E8B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFD8BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00FAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 16.5 Medium spring green · ΔE 18.2 Light green · ΔE 22.4 Pale green · ΔE 22.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 26.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA4A8B

Analogous#4AFA61, #4AE3FA

Triadic#B94AFA, #FAB94A

Split complementary#FA4AE3, #FA614A

Tetradic#614AFA, #FA4A8B, #E3FA4A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DFFEF3

Lighter +20%#ADFDDF

Lighter +10%#7CFBCC

Darker −10%#18F9A6

Darker −20%#06D88A

Darker −30%#05A66B

Darker −40%#03754B

More saturated +25%#45FFBA

Less saturated −25%#61E3B3

Channel breakdown

R74

G250

B185

Red74 (29%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue157.84°

Saturation (HSL)94.62%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4A · G FA · B B9

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