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Recognised as Colour

#4EA498

  • #4EA498
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#4EA498 is a cyan with RGB values 78, 164, 152 and HSL 172°, 36%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4EA498#4EA498
HEX#4EA498
RGBrgb(78, 164, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.6431, 0.5961
RGB percentages30.6%, 64.3%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(171.6, 35.5%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.6, 52.4%, 64.3%)
CMYK52.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,153,944
CSS custom property--colour: #4EA498;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.09:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#B15B67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9C98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F9299no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#1BA7A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.4Cadetblue · ΔE 10.9Dark cyan · ΔE 12.4Teal · ΔE 15.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A44E5A
Analogous#4EA46D, #4E85A4
Triadic#984EA4, #A4984E
Split complementary#A44E85, #A46D4E
Tetradic#6D4EA4, #A44E5A, #85A44E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4EAE7
Lighter +30%#B1DAD4
Lighter +20%#8FC9C1
Lighter +10%#6CB9AE
Darker −10%#3E8178
Darker −20%#2D5F58
Darker −30%#1D3C38
Darker −40%#0C1A18
More saturated +25%#30C2AE
Less saturated −25%#6C8682

Channel breakdown

R78
G164
B152
Red78 (30.6%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue171.63°
Saturation (HSL)35.54%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4E · G A4 · B 98

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