Recognised as Colour

#4FD9FA

#4FD9FA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#4FD9FA is a cyan with RGB values 79, 217, 250 and HSL 192°, 94%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#4FD9FA#4FD9FA

HEX#4FD9FA

RGBrgb(79, 217, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.851, 0.9804

RGB percentages31%, 85.1%, 98%

HSLhsl(191.6, 94.5%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.6, 68.4%, 98%)

CMYK68.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,233,146

CSS custom property--colour: #4FD9FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.64:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#B02605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3D3FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABC1FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00E5E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.6 Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.7 Light blue · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA704F

Analogous#4FFAC5, #4F84FA

Triadic#FA4FD9, #D9FA4F

Split complementary#FA4F83, #FAC54F

Tetradic#C64FFA, #FA704F, #84FA4F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4F9FE

Lighter +20%#B2EEFD

Lighter +10%#81E4FB

Darker −10%#1DCEF9

Darker −20%#06B3DD

Darker −30%#058BAB

Darker −40%#03637A

More saturated +25%#4ADCFF

Less saturated −25%#66CBE3

Channel breakdown

R79

G217

B250

Red79 (31%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue191.58°

Saturation (HSL)94.48%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G D9 · B FA

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