Recognised as Colour

#42866E

#42866E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#42866E is a cyan with RGB values 66, 134, 110 and HSL 159°, 34%, 39%. 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

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HEX#42866E

RGBrgb(66, 134, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.5255, 0.4314

RGB percentages25.9%, 52.5%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(158.8, 34%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(158.8, 50.7%, 52.5%)

CMYK50.7%, 0%, 17.9%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,359,790

CSS custom property--colour: #42866E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#BD7991

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#837E6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#797770no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Tritanopia#29877Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 15.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.7 Sea green · ΔE 18.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 15.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#86425A

Analogous#42864C, #427C86

Triadic#6E4286, #866E42

Split complementary#86427C, #864C42

Tetradic#4C4286, #86425A, #7C8642

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B8DCCF

Lighter +30%#96CBB8

Lighter +20%#74BAA1

Lighter +10%#53A88A

Darker −10%#316452

Darker −20%#204236

Darker −30%#101F1A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#299F75

Less saturated −25%#5B6D67

Channel breakdown

R66

G134

B110

Red66 (25.9%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue158.82°

Saturation (HSL)34%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 42 · G 86 · B 6E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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