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Recognised as Colour

#4FBDAE

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

#4FBDAE is a cyan with RGB values 79, 189, 174 and HSL 172°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#4FBDAE#4FBDAE
HEX#4FBDAE
RGBrgb(79, 189, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.7412, 0.6824
RGB percentages31%, 74.1%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(171.8, 45.5%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 58.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK58.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,225,902
CSS custom property--colour: #4FBDAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#B04251

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B3ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A7AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B8no 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 text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7Turquoise · ΔE 14.5Cadetblue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD4F5E
Analogous#4FBD77, #4F95BD
Triadic#AE4FBD, #BDAE4F
Split complementary#BD4F95, #BD774F
Tetradic#774FBD, #BD4F5E, #95BD4F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F5F2
Lighter +30%#BEE7E1
Lighter +20%#99D9D0
Lighter +10%#74CBBF
Darker −10%#3B9E90
Darker −20%#2D796E
Darker −30%#1F544D
Darker −40%#112F2B
More saturated +25%#31DBC4
Less saturated −25%#6D9F98

Channel breakdown

R79
G189
B174
Red79 (31%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue171.82°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4F · G BD · B AE

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