Recognised as Colour

#4CD7E6

#4CD7E6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#4CD7E6 is a cyan with RGB values 76, 215, 230 and HSL 186°, 75%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#4CD7E6

RGBrgb(76, 215, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.8431, 0.902

RGB percentages29.8%, 84.3%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(185.8, 75.5%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.8, 67%, 90.2%)

CMYK67%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,036,006

CSS custom property--colour: #4CD7E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.17:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#B32819

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6CFE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFBEE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00E0DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.5 Sky blue · ΔE 17.7 Turquoise · ΔE 18.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 19 Aqua · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E65B4C

Analogous#4CE6A8, #4C8AE6

Triadic#E64CD7, #D7E64C

Split complementary#E64C8A, #E6A84C

Tetradic#A84CE6, #E65B4C, #8AE64C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D2F5F9

Lighter +20%#A6EBF3

Lighter +10%#79E1EC

Darker −10%#1FCDE0

Darker −20%#19A4B3

Darker −30%#137B86

Darker −40%#0C525A

More saturated +25%#33EBFF

Less saturated −25%#65C2CD

Channel breakdown

R76

G215

B230

Red76 (29.8%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue185.84°

Saturation (HSL)75.49%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4C · G D7 · B E6

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