Recognised as Colour

#4BD9F2

#4BD9F2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#4BD9F2 is a cyan with RGB values 75, 217, 242 and HSL 189°, 87%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#4BD9F2

RGBrgb(75, 217, 242)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.851, 0.949

RGB percentages29.4%, 85.1%, 94.9%

HSLhsl(189, 86.5%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189, 69%, 94.9%)

CMYK69%, 10.3%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,970,994

CSS custom property--colour: #4BD9F2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.51:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#B4260D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5D2F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEC0F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Tritanopia#00E3E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Sky blue · ΔE 15.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 19.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.9 Light blue · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 15.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F2644B

Analogous#4BF2B7, #4B86F2

Triadic#F24BD9, #D9F24B

Split complementary#F24B86, #F2B74B

Tetradic#B74BF2, #F2644B, #86F24B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DAF7FC

Lighter +20%#AAEDF9

Lighter +10%#7BE3F5

Darker −10%#1BCFEF

Darker −20%#0EADC9

Darker −30%#0B8499

Darker −40%#085B69

More saturated +25%#3EE2FF

Less saturated −25%#63C8DA

Channel breakdown

R75

G217

B242

Red75 (29.4%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue242 (94.9%)

Hue188.98°

Saturation (HSL)86.53%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G D9 · B F2

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