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Recognised as Colour

#4EB8E6

  • #4EB8E6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#4EB8E6 is a cyan with RGB values 78, 184, 230 and HSL 198°, 75%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#4EB8E6#4EB8E6
HEX#4EB8E6
RGBrgb(78, 184, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.7216, 0.902
RGB percentages30.6%, 72.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(198.2, 75.2%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.2, 66.1%, 90.2%)
CMYK66.1%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,159,142
CSS custom property--colour: #4EB8E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.32:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#B14719

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B5E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA6E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.8Light skyblue · ΔE 11.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Steel blue · ΔE 21.9Light steelblue · ΔE 23.9Light blue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E67C4E
Analogous#4EE6C8, #4E6CE6
Triadic#E64EB8, #B8E64E
Split complementary#E64E6C, #E6C84E
Tetradic#C84EE6, #E67C4E, #6CE64E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D4EEF9
Lighter +20%#A7DCF3
Lighter +10%#7BCAEC
Darker −10%#21A6E0
Darker −20%#1986B5
Darker −30%#136588
Darker −40%#0D435B
More saturated +25%#35C2FF
Less saturated −25%#67AECD

Channel breakdown

R78
G184
B230
Red78 (30.6%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue198.16°
Saturation (HSL)75.25%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G B8 · B E6

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