Recognised as Colour
#048F69
- #048F69
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Sea green
#048F69 is a cyan with RGB values 4, 143, 105 and HSL 164°, 95%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.
Colour values
#048F69#048F69
HEX#048F69
RGBrgb(4, 143, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.5608, 0.4118
RGB percentages1.6%, 56.1%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(163.6, 94.6%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.6, 97.2%, 56.1%)
CMYK97.2%, 0%, 26.6%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer298,857
CSS custom property--colour: #048F69;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.20691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#FB7096
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8F042A
Analogous#048F23, #04708F
Triadic#69048F, #8F6904
Split complementary#8F0470, #8F2304
Tetradic#23048F, #8F042A, #708F04
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R4
G143
B105
Red4 (1.6%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue163.6°
Saturation (HSL)94.56%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 04 · G 8F · B 69
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