Recognised as Colour

#42877E

#42877E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#42877E is a cyan with RGB values 66, 135, 126 and HSL 172°, 34%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#42877E

RGBrgb(66, 135, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.5294, 0.4941

RGB percentages25.9%, 52.9%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(172.2, 34.3%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 51.1%, 52.9%)

CMYK51.1%, 0%, 6.7%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,360,062

CSS custom property--colour: #42877E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1

Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#BD7881

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#81807Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#76787Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Tritanopia#1D8984no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 8.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 9.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 11.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.9 Slate grey · ΔE 23.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87424B

Analogous#42875C, #426E87

Triadic#7E4287, #877E42

Split complementary#87426E, #875C42

Tetradic#5B4287, #87424B, #6E8742

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B8DDD8

Lighter +30%#96CCC5

Lighter +20%#74BBB2

Lighter +10%#53A99E

Darker −10%#31655E

Darker −20%#21423E

Darker −30%#10201E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#29A091

Less saturated −25%#5B6E6B

Channel breakdown

R66

G135

B126

Red66 (25.9%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue172.17°

Saturation (HSL)34.33%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 42 · G 87 · B 7E

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Colour values

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