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Recognised as Colour

#4EC7DA

  • #4EC7DA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#4EC7DA is a cyan with RGB values 78, 199, 218 and HSL 188°, 65%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#4EC7DA#4EC7DA
HEX#4EC7DA
RGBrgb(78, 199, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.7804, 0.8549
RGB percentages30.6%, 78%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(188.1, 65.4%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.1, 64.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK64.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,162,970
CSS custom property--colour: #4EC7DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.51:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#B13825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C0DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B1DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.9Light seagreen · ΔE 18.6Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA614E
Analogous#4EDAA7, #4E81DA
Triadic#DA4EC7, #C7DA4E
Split complementary#DA4E81, #DAA74E
Tetradic#A74EDA, #DA614E, #81DA4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FCFD
Lighter +30%#CDEFF4
Lighter +20%#A2E2EC
Lighter +10%#78D4E3
Darker −10%#2AB5CB
Darker −20%#228FA0
Darker −30%#196A76
Darker −40%#10444C
More saturated +25%#33DAF5
Less saturated −25%#69B4BF

Channel breakdown

R78
G199
B218
Red78 (30.6%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue188.14°
Saturation (HSL)65.42%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G C7 · B DA

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