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#46BACB

#46bacb ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46bacb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 72.94% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.52% cyan, 8.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 187.67°, with 56.12% saturation and 53.53% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 8.11.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4073

Complementary

  1. #46bacb
  2. #cb5746

Split complementary

  1. #46bacb
  2. #cb4677
  3. #cb9a46

Analogous

  1. #46cb9a
  2. #46bacb
  3. #4677cb

Triadic

  1. #46bacb
  2. #cb46ba
  3. #bacb46

Tetradic

  1. #46bacb
  2. #5746cb
  3. #cb5746
  4. #bacb46

Square

  1. #46bacb
  2. #9a46cb
  3. #cb5746
  4. #77cb46

Monochromatic

  1. #1a555e
  2. #2b8b99
  3. #46bacb
  4. #82d0dc
  5. #bde7ed

Shades

#46bacb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46bacb
  2. #3fa7b7
  3. #3895a2
  4. #31828e
  5. #2a707a
  6. #235d66
  7. #1c4a51
  8. #15383d
  9. #0e2529
  10. #071314
  11. #000000

Tints

#46bacb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46bacb
  2. #59c1d0
  3. #6bc8d5
  4. #7ecfdb
  5. #90d6e0
  6. #a3dde5
  7. #b5e3ea
  8. #c8eaef
  9. #daf1f5
  10. #edf8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46bacb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46bacb
  2. #4cb4c4
  3. #52aebc
  4. #57a9b5
  5. #5da3ad
  6. #639da6
  7. #69979e
  8. #6f9197
  9. #748c8f
  10. #7a8688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eb1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aab3cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97a5cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8db6cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7eaecb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bfc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46bacb {
  color: #46bacb;
}
Background
.bg-46bacb {
  background-color: #46bacb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46bacb {
  border: 2px solid #46bacb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46bacb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 186 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 56% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46bacb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46bacb, #4677cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46bacb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 186 203 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.11 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.56 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.62 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.10 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.58 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.80 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.99 #b94534 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#46bacb  rgb(70, 186, 203)  hsl(188, 56%, 54%)  Dark Turquoise
#cb5746  rgb(203, 87, 70)  hsl(8, 56%, 54%)  Cinnabar
#cb46ba  rgb(203, 70, 186)  hsl(308, 56%, 54%)  Medium Orchid
#bacb46  rgb(186, 203, 70)  hsl(68, 56%, 54%)  June Bud