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Recognised as Colour

#4ED3EE

  • #4ED3EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#4ED3EE is a cyan with RGB values 78, 211, 238 and HSL 190°, 82%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#4ED3EE#4ED3EE
HEX#4ED3EE
RGBrgb(78, 211, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.8275, 0.9333
RGB percentages30.6%, 82.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(190.1, 82.5%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.1, 67.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK67.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,166,062
CSS custom property--colour: #4ED3EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#B12C11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFCCF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BCEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00DDDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 21.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE694E
Analogous#4EEEB9, #4E83EE
Triadic#EE4ED3, #D3EE4E
Split complementary#EE4E83, #EEB94E
Tetradic#B94EEE, #EE694E, #83EE4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAF6FB
Lighter +20%#ABEAF7
Lighter +10%#7DDFF2
Darker −10%#1FC7EA
Darker −20%#13A5C3
Darker −30%#0E7E95
Darker −40%#0A5766
More saturated +25%#3DDEFF
Less saturated −25%#66C3D6

Channel breakdown

R78
G211
B238
Red78 (30.6%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue190.13°
Saturation (HSL)82.47%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G D3 · B EE

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