Recognised as Colour

#427A69

#427A69
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#427A69 is a cyan with RGB values 66, 122, 105 and HSL 162°, 30%, 37%. 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

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HEX#427A69

RGBrgb(66, 122, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.4784, 0.4118

RGB percentages25.9%, 47.8%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(161.8, 29.8%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(161.8, 45.9%, 47.8%)

CMYK45.9%, 0%, 13.9%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,356,713

CSS custom property--colour: #427A69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.98:1

Contrast with white4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#BD8596

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#777468no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6D6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Tritanopia#2F7B75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 13.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.7 Dim grey · ΔE 23.3 Sea green · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A4253

Analogous#427A4D, #426F7A

Triadic#69427A, #7A6942

Split complementary#7A426F, #7A4D42

Tetradic#4D427A, #7A4253, #6F7A42

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B2D6CB

Lighter +30%#91C4B4

Lighter +20%#70B29E

Lighter +10%#549B85

Darker −10%#30594D

Darker −20%#1E3830

Darker −30%#0C1714

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2B9272

Less saturated −25%#5A6360

Channel breakdown

R66

G122

B105

Red66 (25.9%)

Green122 (47.8%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue161.79°

Saturation (HSL)29.79%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 42 · G 7A · B 69

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Colour values

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