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Recognised as Colour

#4FA597

  • #4FA597
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#4FA597 is a cyan with RGB values 79, 165, 151 and HSL 170°, 35%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4FA597#4FA597
HEX#4FA597
RGBrgb(79, 165, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.6471, 0.5922
RGB percentages31%, 64.7%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(170.2, 35.2%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.2, 52.1%, 64.7%)
CMYK52.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,219,735
CSS custom property--colour: #4FA597;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#B05A68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F9D96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#919398no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#1FA8A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.4Cadetblue · ΔE 11.9Dark cyan · ΔE 13.2Teal · ΔE 16.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A54F5D
Analogous#4FA56C, #4F88A5
Triadic#974FA5, #A5974F
Split complementary#A54F88, #A56C4F
Tetradic#6C4FA5, #A54F5D, #88A54F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5EBE7
Lighter +30%#B3DAD4
Lighter +20%#90CAC0
Lighter +10%#6EB9AD
Darker −10%#3E8377
Darker −20%#2E6058
Darker −30%#1D3E38
Darker −40%#0D1B19
More saturated +25%#31C3AC
Less saturated −25%#6E8782

Channel breakdown

R79
G165
B151
Red79 (31%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue170.23°
Saturation (HSL)35.25%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4F · G A5 · B 97

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