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Recognised as Colour

#4BD5BD

  • #4BD5BD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#4BD5BD is a cyan with RGB values 75, 213, 189 and HSL 170°, 62%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#4BD5BD#4BD5BD
HEX#4BD5BD
RGBrgb(75, 213, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.8353, 0.7412
RGB percentages29.4%, 83.5%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(169.6, 62.2%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.6, 64.8%, 83.5%)
CMYK64.8%, 0%, 11.3%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,969,917
CSS custom property--colour: #4BD5BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.55:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#B42A42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCC9BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BABFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.9Light seagreen · ΔE 14.9Aquamarine · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D54B63
Analogous#4BD578, #4BA8D5
Triadic#BD4BD5, #D5BD4B
Split complementary#D54BA8, #D5784B
Tetradic#784BD5, #D54B63, #A8D54B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0FCFA
Lighter +30%#C7F2EA
Lighter +20%#9EE8DB
Lighter +10%#74DFCC
Darker −10%#2DC0A7
Darker −20%#239783
Darker −30%#1A6D5F
Darker −40%#10443B
More saturated +25%#2FF1CF
Less saturated −25%#67B9AB

Channel breakdown

R75
G213
B189
Red75 (29.4%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue169.57°
Saturation (HSL)62.16%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4B · G D5 · B BD

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