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Recognised as Colour

#4FB8BA

  • #4FB8BA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#4FB8BA is a cyan with RGB values 79, 184, 186 and HSL 181°, 44%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4FB8BA#4FB8BA
HEX#4FB8BA
RGBrgb(79, 184, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.7216, 0.7294
RGB percentages31%, 72.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(181.1, 43.7%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 57.5%, 72.9%)
CMYK57.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,224,634
CSS custom property--colour: #4FB8BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#B04745

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADB0BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BA3BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.3Cadetblue · ΔE 12.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.8Dark cyan · ΔE 17Turquoise · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA514F
Analogous#4FBA87, #4F82BA
Triadic#BA4FB8, #B8BA4F
Split complementary#BA4F82, #BA874F
Tetradic#874FBA, #BA514F, #82BA4F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F3F3
Lighter +30%#BDE4E5
Lighter +20%#98D6D7
Lighter +10%#74C7C8
Darker −10%#3C989A
Darker −20%#2E7475
Darker −30%#205050
Darker −40%#112B2C
More saturated +25%#30D5D9
Less saturated −25%#6E9B9B

Channel breakdown

R79
G184
B186
Red79 (31%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue181.12°
Saturation (HSL)43.67%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4F · G B8 · B BA

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