Colour

#4FAC9E

#4FAC9E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#4FAC9E is a cyan with RGB values 79, 172, 158 and HSL 171°, 37%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4FAC9E#4FAC9E

HEX#4FAC9E

RGBrgb(79, 172, 158)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.6745, 0.6196

RGB percentages31%, 67.5%, 62%

HSLhsl(171, 37.1%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171, 54.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK54.1%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,221,534

CSS custom property--colour: #4FAC9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.73:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#B05361

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A39Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#96989Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#10AFA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.3 Teal · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AC4F5D

Analogous#4FAC70, #4F8BAC

Triadic#9E4FAC, #AC9E4F

Split complementary#AC4F8B, #AC704F

Tetradic#704FAC, #AC4F5D, #8BAC4F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D9EEEB

Lighter +30%#B6DED8

Lighter +20%#93CEC5

Lighter +10%#70BEB2

Darker −10%#3F897E

Darker −20%#2F665E

Darker −30%#1F433E

Darker −40%#0F201E

More saturated +25%#30CBB4

Less saturated −25%#6E8D88

Channel breakdown

R79

G172

B158

Red79 (31%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue170.97°

Saturation (HSL)37.05%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4F · G AC · B 9E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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