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Recognised as Colour

#40848A

  • #40848A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#40848A is a cyan with RGB values 64, 132, 138 and HSL 185°, 37%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#40848A#40848A
HEX#40848A
RGBrgb(64, 132, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.5176, 0.5412
RGB percentages25.1%, 51.8%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(184.9, 36.6%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.9, 53.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK53.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,228,234
CSS custom property--colour: #40848A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#BF7B75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7B7F8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F768Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#048986no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 9.7Cadetblue · ΔE 10.3Dark cyan · ΔE 11Slate grey · ΔE 17.6Light slate grey · ΔE 18.1Gray · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A4640
Analogous#408A6B, #405F8A
Triadic#8A4084, #848A40
Split complementary#8A405F, #8A6B40
Tetradic#6B408A, #8A4640, #5F8A40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8DBDE
Lighter +30%#95C9CE
Lighter +20%#72B8BE
Lighter +10%#50A5AD
Darker −10%#306367
Darker −20%#204144
Darker −30%#102021
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2799A3
Less saturated −25%#596F71

Channel breakdown

R64
G132
B138
Red64 (25.1%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue184.86°
Saturation (HSL)36.63%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G 84 · B 8A

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