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#46CDC4

#46cdc4 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46cdc4 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 80.39% green and 76.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.39% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 176°, with 57.45% saturation and 53.92% 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 10.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 1.78.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4895

Complementary

  1. #46cdc4
  2. #cd464f

Split complementary

  1. #46cdc4
  2. #cd4692
  3. #cd8046

Analogous

  1. #46cd80
  2. #46cdc4
  3. #4692cd

Triadic

  1. #46cdc4
  2. #c446cd
  3. #cdc446

Tetradic

  1. #46cdc4
  2. #464fcd
  3. #cd464f
  4. #cdc446

Square

  1. #46cdc4
  2. #8046cd
  3. #cd464f
  4. #92cd46

Monochromatic

  1. #1a605b
  2. #2a9c95
  3. #46cdc4
  4. #82ddd7
  5. #beeeea

Shades

#46cdc4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46cdc4
  2. #3fb9b0
  3. #38a49d
  4. #319089
  5. #2a7b76
  6. #236762
  7. #1c524e
  8. #153e3b
  9. #0e2927
  10. #071514
  11. #000000

Tints

#46cdc4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46cdc4
  2. #59d2ca
  3. #6bd7d0
  4. #7edcd6
  5. #90e1dc
  6. #a3e6e2
  7. #b5ebe7
  8. #c8f0ed
  9. #daf5f3
  10. #edfaf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46cdc4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46cdc4
  2. #4cc5bd
  3. #52beb6
  4. #57b6b0
  5. #5daea9
  6. #63a7a2
  7. #699f9b
  8. #6f9794
  9. #748f8e
  10. #7a8887
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99c2be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2c2c4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeb4c5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fc7c4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90bec5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d0c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46cdc4 {
  color: #46cdc4;
}
Background
.bg-46cdc4 {
  background-color: #46cdc4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46cdc4 {
  border: 2px solid #46cdc4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46cdc4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 205 196;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 57% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46cdc4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46cdc4, #4692cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46cdc4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 205 196 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 1.78 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.50 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.36 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.94 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.50 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.49 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.92 #b9323b Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#46cdc4  rgb(70, 205, 196)  hsl(176, 57%, 54%)  Medium Turquoise
#cd464f  rgb(205, 70, 79)  hsl(356, 57%, 54%)  Brick Red
#c446cd  rgb(196, 70, 205)  hsl(296, 57%, 54%)  Medium Orchid
#cdc446  rgb(205, 196, 70)  hsl(56, 57%, 54%)  Old Gold