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Recognised as Colour

#4EBDAD

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

#4EBDAD is a cyan with RGB values 78, 189, 173 and HSL 171°, 46%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4EBDAD#4EBDAD
HEX#4EBDAD
RGBrgb(78, 189, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.7412, 0.6784
RGB percentages30.6%, 74.1%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(171.4, 45.7%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 58.7%, 74.1%)
CMYK58.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,160,365
CSS custom property--colour: #4EBDAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#B14252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B3ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A6AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 14Turquoise · ΔE 14.3Cadetblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD4E5E
Analogous#4EBD76, #4E95BD
Triadic#AD4EBD, #BDAD4E
Split complementary#BD4E96, #BD764E
Tetradic#754EBD, #BD4E5E, #95BD4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F4F2
Lighter +30%#BDE7E1
Lighter +20%#98D9CF
Lighter +10%#73CBBE
Darker −10%#3B9D8F
Darker −20%#2D786D
Darker −30%#1F534C
Darker −40%#112E2A
More saturated +25%#30DBC3
Less saturated −25%#6C9F97

Channel breakdown

R78
G189
B173
Red78 (30.6%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue171.35°
Saturation (HSL)45.68%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4E · G BD · B AD

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