Recognised as Colour
#427B6C
- #427B6C
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#427B6C is a cyan with RGB values 66, 123, 108 and HSL 164°, 30%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#427B6C#427B6C
HEX#427B6C
RGBrgb(66, 123, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.4824, 0.4235
RGB percentages25.9%, 48.2%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(164.2, 30.2%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.2, 46.3%, 48.2%)
CMYK46.3%, 0%, 12.2%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,356,972
CSS custom property--colour: #427B6C;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.16407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#BD8493
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7B4251
Analogous#427B50, #426E7B
Triadic#6C427B, #7B6C42
Split complementary#7B426D, #7B5042
Tetradic#50427B, #7B4251, #6E7B42
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R66
G123
B108
Red66 (25.9%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue164.21°
Saturation (HSL)30.16%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G 7B · B 6C
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