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Recognised as Colour

#455A62

  • #455A62
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#455A62 is a cyan with RGB values 69, 90, 98 and HSL 197°, 17%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#455A62#455A62
HEX#455A62
RGBrgb(69, 90, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.3529, 0.3843
RGB percentages27.1%, 35.3%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(196.6, 17.4%, 32.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 29.6%, 38.4%)
CMYK29.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,545,122
CSS custom property--colour: #455A62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#BAA59D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#555962no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#515562no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3C5D5Cno 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 text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.8Dim grey · ΔE 12Slate grey · ΔE 16.8Gray · ΔE 19.1Light slate grey · ΔE 19.8Teal · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#624D45
Analogous#45625B, #454B62
Triadic#62455A, #5A6245
Split complementary#62454B, #625B45
Tetradic#5C4562, #624D45, #4B6245

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADBFC6
Lighter +30%#90A7B0
Lighter +20%#72909B
Lighter +10%#5A7580
Darker −10%#303F44
Darker −20%#1B2326
Darker −30%#060808
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#306377
Less saturated −25%#535353

Channel breakdown

R69
G90
B98
Red69 (27.1%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue196.55°
Saturation (HSL)17.37%
Lightness32.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 5A · B 62

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