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Recognised as Colour

#4ED0E5

  • #4ED0E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#4ED0E5 is a cyan with RGB values 78, 208, 229 and HSL 188°, 74%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#4ED0E5#4ED0E5
HEX#4ED0E5
RGBrgb(78, 208, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.8157, 0.898
RGB percentages30.6%, 81.6%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(188.3, 74.4%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 65.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK65.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,165,285
CSS custom property--colour: #4ED0E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.48:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#B12F1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC9E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B9E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 19.7Light seagreen · ΔE 20.5Light blue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5634E
Analogous#4EE5AF, #4E85E5
Triadic#E54ED0, #D0E54E
Split complementary#E54E85, #E5AF4E
Tetradic#AE4EE5, #E5634E, #85E54E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D3F3F9
Lighter +20%#A7E8F2
Lighter +10%#7ADCEC
Darker −10%#22C4DE
Darker −20%#1A9EB3
Darker −30%#147686
Darker −40%#0D4F5A
More saturated +25%#35E2FE
Less saturated −25%#67BECC

Channel breakdown

R78
G208
B229
Red78 (30.6%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue188.34°
Saturation (HSL)74.38%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G D0 · B E5

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