Recognised as Colour

#406F62

#406F62
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#406F62 is a cyan with RGB values 64, 111, 98 and HSL 163°, 27%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#406F62

RGBrgb(64, 111, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.4353, 0.3843

RGB percentages25.1%, 43.5%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(163.4, 26.9%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163.4, 42.3%, 43.5%)

CMYK42.3%, 0%, 11.7%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,222,818

CSS custom property--colour: #406F62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.72:1

Contrast with white5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#BF909D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C6A61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#646463no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Tritanopia#31706Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 15.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.2 Dim grey · ΔE 19.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 20.3 Gray · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 15.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F404D

Analogous#406F4A, #40656F

Triadic#62406F, #6F6240

Split complementary#6F4065, #6F4B40

Tetradic#4A406F, #6F404D, #656F40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ACCFC5

Lighter +30%#8CBCAF

Lighter +20%#6BAA98

Lighter +10%#538F7F

Darker −10%#2D4F45

Darker −20%#1B2E29

Darker −30%#080E0C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2A856C

Less saturated −25%#565958

Channel breakdown

R64

G111

B98

Red64 (25.1%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue163.4°

Saturation (HSL)26.86%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G 6F · B 62

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