Recognised as Colour

#4CBCDC

#4CBCDC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#4CBCDC is a cyan with RGB values 76, 188, 220 and HSL 193°, 67%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#4CBCDC#4CBCDC

HEX#4CBCDC

RGBrgb(76, 188, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.7373, 0.8627

RGB percentages29.8%, 73.7%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(193.3, 67.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.3, 65.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK65.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,029,084

CSS custom property--colour: #4CBCDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.53:1

Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#B34323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8B7DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#94A8DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00C7C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 20.8 Light blue · ΔE 21.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC6C4C

Analogous#4CDCB4, #4C74DC

Triadic#DC4CBC, #BCDC4C

Split complementary#DC4C74, #DCB44C

Tetradic#B44CDC, #DC6C4C, #74DC4C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7FCFD

Lighter +30%#CCECF5

Lighter +20%#A1DCED

Lighter +10%#77CCE4

Darker −10%#28A8CD

Darker −20%#2085A2

Darker −30%#176278

Darker −40%#0F3F4D

More saturated +25%#31CBF7

Less saturated −25%#67ADC1

Channel breakdown

R76

G188

B220

Red76 (29.8%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue193.33°

Saturation (HSL)67.29%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4C · G BC · B DC

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