Recognised as Colour

#4BD0DF

#4BD0DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#4BD0DF is a cyan with RGB values 75, 208, 223 and HSL 186°, 70%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#4BD0DF#4BD0DF

HEX#4BD0DF

RGBrgb(75, 208, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.8157, 0.8745

RGB percentages29.4%, 81.6%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(186.1, 69.8%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.1, 66.4%, 87.5%)

CMYK66.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,968,671

CSS custom property--colour: #4BD0DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#B42F20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFC8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAB8DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00D9D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.5 Sky blue · ΔE 16.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.6 Turquoise · ΔE 19.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DF5A4B

Analogous#4BDFA4, #4B86DF

Triadic#DF4BD0, #D0DF4B

Split complementary#DF4B86, #DFA44B

Tetradic#A44BDF, #DF5A4B, #86DF4B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F8FDFE

Lighter +30%#CDF2F6

Lighter +20%#A2E7EE

Lighter +10%#76DBE7

Darker −10%#25C0D2

Darker −20%#1E99A6

Darker −30%#16717B

Darker −40%#0E4950

More saturated +25%#31E5FA

Less saturated −25%#66BBC4

Channel breakdown

R75

G208

B223

Red75 (29.4%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue186.08°

Saturation (HSL)69.81%

Lightness58.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G D0 · B DF

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