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Recognised as Colour

#4EC5BF

  • #4EC5BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#4EC5BF is a cyan with RGB values 78, 197, 191 and HSL 177°, 51%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#4EC5BF#4EC5BF
HEX#4EC5BF
RGBrgb(78, 197, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.7725, 0.749
RGB percentages30.6%, 77.3%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(177, 50.6%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 60.4%, 77.3%)
CMYK60.4%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,162,431
CSS custom property--colour: #4EC5BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#B13A40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABBBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8AEC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5Light seagreen · ΔE 8Dark turquoise · ΔE 9Turquoise · ΔE 13Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C54E54
Analogous#4EC584, #4E8FC5
Triadic#BF4EC5, #C5BF4E
Split complementary#C54E8F, #C5844E
Tetradic#844EC5, #C54E54, #8FC54E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8F7F7
Lighter +30%#C1EBE9
Lighter +20%#9BDEDB
Lighter +10%#74D2CD
Darker −10%#37A9A3
Darker −20%#2B827E
Darker −30%#1E5C59
Darker −40%#123534
More saturated +25%#31E2D9
Less saturated −25%#6BA8A5

Channel breakdown

R78
G197
B191
Red78 (30.6%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue176.97°
Saturation (HSL)50.64%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4E · G C5 · B BF

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