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#46C3CA

#46c3ca ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46c3ca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 76.47% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.35% cyan, 3.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 183.18°, with 55.46% saturation and 53.33% 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 9.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 3.99.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.446

Complementary

  1. #46c3ca
  2. #ca4d46

Split complementary

  1. #46c3ca
  2. #ca4681
  3. #ca8f46

Analogous

  1. #46ca8f
  2. #46c3ca
  3. #4681ca

Triadic

  1. #46c3ca
  2. #ca46c3
  3. #c3ca46

Tetradic

  1. #46c3ca
  2. #4d46ca
  3. #ca4d46
  4. #c3ca46

Square

  1. #46c3ca
  2. #8f46ca
  3. #ca4d46
  4. #81ca46

Monochromatic

  1. #1a595c
  2. #2c9298
  3. #46c3ca
  4. #81d6db
  5. #bdeaec

Shades

#46c3ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46c3ca
  2. #3fb0b6
  3. #389ca2
  4. #31898d
  5. #2a7579
  6. #236265
  7. #1c4e51
  8. #153b3d
  9. #0e2728
  10. #071414
  11. #000000

Tints

#46c3ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46c3ca
  2. #59c9cf
  3. #6bcfd5
  4. #7ed5da
  5. #90dbdf
  6. #a3e1e5
  7. #b5e7ea
  8. #c8edef
  9. #daf3f4
  10. #edf9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46c3ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46c3ca
  2. #4cbcc3
  3. #52b6bb
  4. #57afb4
  5. #5da8ac
  6. #63a2a5
  7. #699b9e
  8. #6f9496
  9. #748d8f
  10. #7a8787
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93b9bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bbcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1accb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cac5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95beca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86b6ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46c3ca {
  color: #46c3ca;
}
Background
.bg-46c3ca {
  background-color: #46c3ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46c3ca {
  border: 2px solid #46c3ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46c3ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 195 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 55% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46c3ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46c3ca, #4681ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46c3ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 195 202 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.99 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.35 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.57 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.98 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.30 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.88 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 10.57 #b93c35 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#46c3ca  rgb(70, 195, 202)  hsl(183, 55%, 53%)  Dark Turquoise
#ca4d46  rgb(202, 77, 70)  hsl(3, 55%, 53%)  Persian Red
#ca46c3  rgb(202, 70, 195)  hsl(303, 55%, 53%)  Medium Orchid
#c3ca46  rgb(195, 202, 70)  hsl(63, 55%, 53%)  June Bud