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Recognised as Colour

#4DCEDB

  • #4DCEDB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#4DCEDB is a cyan with RGB values 77, 206, 219 and HSL 185°, 66%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#4DCEDB#4DCEDB
HEX#4DCEDB
RGBrgb(77, 206, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.8078, 0.8588
RGB percentages30.2%, 80.8%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(185.5, 66.4%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 64.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK64.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,099,227
CSS custom property--colour: #4DCEDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.17:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#B23124

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC6DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B6DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.6Light seagreen · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.9Turquoise · ΔE 18.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB5A4D
Analogous#4DDBA1, #4D87DB
Triadic#DB4DCE, #CEDB4D
Split complementary#DB4D87, #DBA14D
Tetradic#A14DDB, #DB5A4D, #87DB4D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FDFD
Lighter +30%#CCF1F5
Lighter +20%#A2E5EC
Lighter +10%#77DAE4
Darker −10%#29BDCC
Darker −20%#2196A1
Darker −30%#186E77
Darker −40%#0F474D
More saturated +25%#32E4F6
Less saturated −25%#68B8C0

Channel breakdown

R77
G206
B219
Red77 (30.2%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue185.49°
Saturation (HSL)66.36%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4D · G CE · B DB

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