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Recognised as Colour

#4BC3ED

  • #4BC3ED
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#4BC3ED is a cyan with RGB values 75, 195, 237 and HSL 196°, 82%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#4BC3ED#4BC3ED
HEX#4BC3ED
RGBrgb(75, 195, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.7647, 0.9294
RGB percentages29.4%, 76.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(195.6, 81.8%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 68.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK68.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,965,357
CSS custom property--colour: #4BC3ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.33:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#B43C12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACBFEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#95AFEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.3Sky blue · ΔE 12Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 23.5Light steelblue · ΔE 24.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED754B
Analogous#4BEDC6, #4B72ED
Triadic#ED4BC3, #C3ED4B
Split complementary#ED4B72, #EDC64B
Tetradic#C64BED, #ED754B, #72ED4B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D6F1FB
Lighter +20%#A8E2F6
Lighter +10%#79D2F2
Darker −10%#1DB4E8
Darker −20%#1392BF
Darker −30%#0E6F91
Darker −40%#0A4B62
More saturated +25%#39CCFF
Less saturated −25%#64B7D4

Channel breakdown

R75
G195
B237
Red75 (29.4%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue195.56°
Saturation (HSL)81.82%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G C3 · B ED

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