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Recognised as Colour

#4BAC9F

  • #4BAC9F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#4BAC9F is a cyan with RGB values 75, 172, 159 and HSL 172°, 39%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4BAC9F#4BAC9F
HEX#4BAC9F
RGBrgb(75, 172, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.6745, 0.6235
RGB percentages29.4%, 67.5%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(172, 39.3%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 56.4%, 67.5%)
CMYK56.4%, 0%, 7.6%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,959,391
CSS custom property--colour: #4BAC9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#B45360

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A39Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#9598A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.5Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 15Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5Teal · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC4B58
Analogous#4BAC6E, #4B89AC
Triadic#9F4BAC, #AC9F4B
Split complementary#AC4B89, #AC6F4B
Tetradic#6E4BAC, #AC4B58, #89AC4B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6EDEA
Lighter +30%#B2DED8
Lighter +20%#8FCEC6
Lighter +10%#6BBFB3
Darker −10%#3C887E
Darker −20%#2C655D
Darker −30%#1D413D
Darker −40%#0D1E1C
More saturated +25%#2CCBB6
Less saturated −25%#6A8D88

Channel breakdown

R75
G172
B159
Red75 (29.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue171.96°
Saturation (HSL)39.27%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4B · G AC · B 9F

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