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Recognised as Colour

#4EAEAA

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

#4EAEAA is a cyan with RGB values 78, 174, 170 and HSL 177°, 38%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4EAEAA#4EAEAA
HEX#4EAEAA
RGBrgb(78, 174, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.6824, 0.6667
RGB percentages30.6%, 68.2%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(177.5, 38.1%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 55.2%, 68.2%)
CMYK55.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,156,522
CSS custom property--colour: #4EAEAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#B15155

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A6AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#959AABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.5Cadetblue · ΔE 10.4Dark cyan · ΔE 13.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.2Teal · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE4E52
Analogous#4EAE7A, #4E82AE
Triadic#AA4EAE, #AEAA4E
Split complementary#AE4E82, #AE7A4E
Tetradic#7A4EAE, #AE4E52, #82AE4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAEEED
Lighter +30%#B6DEDD
Lighter +20%#93CFCC
Lighter +10%#70BFBC
Darker −10%#3E8B88
Darker −20%#2E6865
Darker −30%#1F4443
Darker −40%#0F2120
More saturated +25%#2FCEC7
Less saturated −25%#6E8F8D

Channel breakdown

R78
G174
B170
Red78 (30.6%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue177.5°
Saturation (HSL)38.1%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4E · G AE · B AA

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