Recognised as Colour

#4AFFE5

#4AFFE5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#4AFFE5 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 255, 229 and HSL 171°, 100%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#4AFFE5#4AFFE5

HEX#4AFFE5

RGBrgb(74, 255, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 1, 0.898

RGB percentages29%, 100%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(171.4, 100%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 71%, 100%)

CMYK71%, 0%, 10.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,915,173

CSS custom property--colour: #4AFFE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.73:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#B5001A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4F0E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBDEE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 11.6 Turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Aqua · ΔE 13.7 Cyan · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF4A64

Analogous#4AFF8B, #4ABEFF

Triadic#E54AFF, #FFE54A

Split complementary#FF4ABF, #FF8B4A

Tetradic#8A4AFF, #FF4A64, #BEFF4A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E3FFFB

Lighter +20%#B0FFF4

Lighter +10%#7DFFEC

Darker −10%#17FFDE

Darker −20%#00E3C2

Darker −30%#00B097

Darker −40%#007D6B

More saturated +25%#4AFFE5

Less saturated −25%#61E8D5

Channel breakdown

R74

G255

B229

Red74 (29%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue171.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4A · G FF · B E5

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