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Recognised as Colour

#4BACAA

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

#4BACAA is a cyan with RGB values 75, 172, 170 and HSL 179°, 39%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4BACAA#4BACAA
HEX#4BACAA
RGBrgb(75, 172, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.6745, 0.6667
RGB percentages29.4%, 67.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(178.8, 39.3%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.8, 56.4%, 67.5%)
CMYK56.4%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,959,402
CSS custom property--colour: #4BACAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#B45355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A4AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9298ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B1ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9Cadetblue · ΔE 9.7Dark cyan · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.5Teal · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC4B4D
Analogous#4BAC7A, #4B7DAC
Triadic#AA4BAC, #ACAA4B
Split complementary#AC4B7D, #AC7A4B
Tetradic#7A4BAC, #AC4B4D, #7EAC4B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6EDED
Lighter +30%#B2DEDD
Lighter +20%#8FCECD
Lighter +10%#6BBFBD
Darker −10%#3C8887
Darker −20%#2C6564
Darker −30%#1D4141
Darker −40%#0D1E1E
More saturated +25%#2CCBC8
Less saturated −25%#6A8D8C

Channel breakdown

R75
G172
B170
Red75 (29.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue178.76°
Saturation (HSL)39.27%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4B · G AC · B AA

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