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Recognised as Colour

#4BBFA9

  • #4BBFA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#4BBFA9 is a cyan with RGB values 75, 191, 169 and HSL 169°, 48%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#4BBFA9#4BBFA9
HEX#4BBFA9
RGBrgb(75, 191, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.749, 0.6627
RGB percentages29.4%, 74.9%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(168.6, 47.5%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.6, 60.7%, 74.9%)
CMYK60.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,964,265
CSS custom property--colour: #4BBFA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.32:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#B44056

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B4A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A7ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.6Light seagreen · ΔE 9.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.6Turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF4B61
Analogous#4BBF6F, #4B9BBF
Triadic#A94BBF, #BFA94B
Split complementary#BF4B9B, #BF6F4B
Tetradic#6F4BBF, #BF4B61, #9BBF4B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1F5F1
Lighter +30%#BCE7DF
Lighter +20%#96DACD
Lighter +10%#71CCBB
Darker −10%#389F8B
Darker −20%#2B796A
Darker −30%#1E5349
Darker −40%#102E28
More saturated +25%#2DDEBC
Less saturated −25%#6AA196

Channel breakdown

R75
G191
B169
Red75 (29.4%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue168.62°
Saturation (HSL)47.54%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4B · G BF · B A9

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