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Recognised as Colour

#40796B

  • #40796B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#40796B is a cyan with RGB values 64, 121, 107 and HSL 165°, 31%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#40796B#40796B
HEX#40796B
RGBrgb(64, 121, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.4745, 0.4196
RGB percentages25.1%, 47.5%, 42%
HSLhsl(165.3, 30.8%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.3, 47.1%, 47.5%)
CMYK47.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,225,387
CSS custom property--colour: #40796B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#BF8694

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#75736Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C6C6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#2A7A75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.3Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.6Dim grey · ΔE 22.6Gray · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79404E
Analogous#40794F, #406A79
Triadic#6B4079, #796B40
Split complementary#79406A, #794F40
Tetradic#4F4079, #79404E, #6A7940

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0D5CC
Lighter +30%#8FC3B6
Lighter +20%#6DB2A1
Lighter +10%#529A88
Darker −10%#2E584E
Darker −20%#1D3630
Darker −30%#0B1513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#299077
Less saturated −25%#57625F

Channel breakdown

R64
G121
B107
Red64 (25.1%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue165.26°
Saturation (HSL)30.81%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G 79 · B 6B

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