Recognised as Colour

#4FD9E7

#4FD9E7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#4FD9E7 is a cyan with RGB values 79, 217, 231 and HSL 186°, 76%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#4FD9E7

RGBrgb(79, 217, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.851, 0.9059

RGB percentages31%, 85.1%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(185.5, 76%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 65.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK65.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,233,127

CSS custom property--colour: #4FD9E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.41:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#B02618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8D0E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2C0E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.1 Sky blue · ΔE 18 Turquoise · ΔE 18 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.1 Aqua · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E75D4F

Analogous#4FE7A9, #4F8DE7

Triadic#E74FD9, #D9E74F

Split complementary#E74F8D, #E7A94F

Tetradic#A94FE7, #E75D4F, #8DE74F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D6F6F9

Lighter +20%#A9ECF3

Lighter +10%#7CE3ED

Darker −10%#22CFE1

Darker −20%#19A8B7

Darker −30%#137F8A

Darker −40%#0D565D

More saturated +25%#37EDFF

Less saturated −25%#68C5CE

Channel breakdown

R79

G217

B231

Red79 (31%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue185.53°

Saturation (HSL)76%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G D9 · B E7

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