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Recognised as Colour

#4EBFEA

  • #4EBFEA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#4EBFEA is a cyan with RGB values 78, 191, 234 and HSL 197°, 79%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#4EBFEA#4EBFEA
HEX#4EBFEA
RGBrgb(78, 191, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.749, 0.9176
RGB percentages30.6%, 74.9%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(196.5, 78.8%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.5, 66.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK66.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,160,938
CSS custom property--colour: #4EBFEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#B14015

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BCECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#92ACE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 12.1Light blue · ΔE 23.6Light steelblue · ΔE 24.1Steel blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA794E
Analogous#4EEAC7, #4E71EA
Triadic#EA4EBF, #BFEA4E
Split complementary#EA4E71, #EAC74E
Tetradic#C74EEA, #EA794E, #71EA4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D7F0FA
Lighter +20%#A9E0F5
Lighter +10%#7CCFEF
Darker −10%#20AFE5
Darker −20%#168EBC
Darker −30%#116C8E
Darker −40%#0B4961
More saturated +25%#39C8FF
Less saturated −25%#67B4D1

Channel breakdown

R78
G191
B234
Red78 (30.6%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue196.54°
Saturation (HSL)78.79%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G BF · B EA

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