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Recognised as Colour

#455C60

  • #455C60
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#455C60 is a cyan with RGB values 69, 92, 96 and HSL 189°, 16%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#455C60#455C60
HEX#455C60
RGBrgb(69, 92, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.3608, 0.3765
RGB percentages27.1%, 36.1%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(188.9, 16.4%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.9, 28.1%, 37.6%)
CMYK28.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,545,632
CSS custom property--colour: #455C60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#BAA39F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#585A60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#535760no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3C5E5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.5Dim grey · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 17.2Gray · ΔE 18.6Light slate grey · ΔE 20.2Teal · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#604945
Analogous#456057, #454E60
Triadic#60455C, #5C6045
Split complementary#60454E, #605745
Tetradic#574560, #604945, #4E6045

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADC1C4
Lighter +30%#8FAAAF
Lighter +20%#729399
Lighter +10%#5A787E
Darker −10%#304042
Darker −20%#1A2325
Darker −30%#050707
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#306B75
Less saturated −25%#525252

Channel breakdown

R69
G92
B96
Red69 (27.1%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue188.89°
Saturation (HSL)16.36%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 5C · B 60

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