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Recognised as Colour

#4AFFFA

  • #4AFFFA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#4AFFFA is a cyan with RGB values 74, 255, 250 and HSL 178°, 100%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#4AFFFA#4AFFFA
HEX#4AFFFA
RGBrgb(74, 255, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 1, 0.9804
RGB percentages29%, 100%, 98%
HSLhsl(178.3, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.3, 71%, 100%)
CMYK71%, 0%, 2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,915,194
CSS custom property--colour: #4AFFFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.98:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#B50005

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EFF2FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5DFFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00FFFDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 4.5Cyan · ΔE 4.5Turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3Aquamarine · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 4.53, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF4A4F
Analogous#4AFFA0, #4AA9FF
Triadic#FA4AFF, #FFFA4A
Split complementary#FF4AA9, #FFA04A
Tetradic#A04AFF, #FF4A4F, #A9FF4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3FFFE
Lighter +20%#B0FFFD
Lighter +10%#7DFFFB
Darker −10%#17FFF9
Darker −20%#00E3DD
Darker −30%#00B0AB
Darker −40%#007D7A
More saturated +25%#4AFFFA
Less saturated −25%#61E8E5

Channel breakdown

R74
G255
B250
Red74 (29%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue178.34°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4A · G FF · B FA

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