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Recognised as Colour

#4FCCE2

  • #4FCCE2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#4FCCE2 is a cyan with RGB values 79, 204, 226 and HSL 189°, 72%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#4FCCE2#4FCCE2
HEX#4FCCE2
RGBrgb(79, 204, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.8, 0.8863
RGB percentages31%, 80%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(189, 71.7%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 65%, 88.6%)
CMYK65%, 9.7%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,229,794
CSS custom property--colour: #4FCCE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#B0331D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAC5E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B5E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 16Light skyblue · ΔE 18.7Light seagreen · ΔE 20.6Light blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2654F
Analogous#4FE2AF, #4F83E2
Triadic#E24FCC, #CCE24F
Split complementary#E24F83, #E2AF4F
Tetradic#AE4FE2, #E2654F, #83E24F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFF
Lighter +30%#D2F2F8
Lighter +20%#A7E5F0
Lighter +10%#7BD9E9
Darker −10%#24BFDA
Darker −20%#1D98AE
Darker −30%#167282
Darker −40%#0E4C57
More saturated +25%#35DEFC
Less saturated −25%#69BAC8

Channel breakdown

R79
G204
B226
Red79 (31%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue188.98°
Saturation (HSL)71.71%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4F · G CC · B E2

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