Colour

#4AFFEA

#4AFFEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#4AFFEA is a cyan with RGB values 74, 255, 234 and HSL 173°, 100%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#4AFFEA#4AFFEA

HEX#4AFFEA

RGBrgb(74, 255, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 1, 0.9176

RGB percentages29%, 100%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(173, 100%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173, 71%, 100%)

CMYK71%, 0%, 8.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,915,178

CSS custom property--colour: #4AFFEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#B50015

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3F1E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADEECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF8no 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 text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 11.2 Cyan · ΔE 11.2 Turquoise · ΔE 11.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF4A5F

Analogous#4AFF90, #4ABAFF

Triadic#EA4AFF, #FFEA4A

Split complementary#FF4ABA, #FF904A

Tetradic#8F4AFF, #FF4A5F, #BAFF4A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E3FFFC

Lighter +20%#B0FFF6

Lighter +10%#7DFFF0

Darker −10%#17FFE4

Darker −20%#00E3C9

Darker −30%#00B09C

Darker −40%#007D6E

More saturated +25%#4AFFEA

Less saturated −25%#61E8D9

Channel breakdown

R74

G255

B234

Red74 (29%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue173.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4A · G FF · B EA

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