Colour

#455F5C

#455F5C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#455F5C is a cyan with RGB values 69, 95, 92 and HSL 173°, 16%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#455F5C#455F5C

HEX#455F5C

RGBrgb(69, 95, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.3725, 0.3608

RGB percentages27.1%, 37.3%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(173.1, 15.9%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.1, 27.4%, 37.3%)

CMYK27.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,546,396

CSS custom property--colour: #455F5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.9:1

Contrast with white6.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#BAA0A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5C5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#57585Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Tritanopia#3D605Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.5 Dim grey · ΔE 12.2 Gray · ΔE 18.6 Slate grey · ΔE 19.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.7 Teal · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F4548

Analogous#455F4F, #45555F

Triadic#5C455F, #5F5C45

Split complementary#5F4555, #5F4F45

Tetradic#4F455F, #5F4548, #555F45

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ADC3C1

Lighter +30%#8FAEAA

Lighter +20%#729894

Lighter +10%#5A7D79

Darker −10%#30413F

Darker −20%#1A2423

Darker −30%#050606

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#30736C

Less saturated −25%#525252

Channel breakdown

R69

G95

B92

Red69 (27.1%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue173.08°

Saturation (HSL)15.85%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 45 · G 5F · B 5C

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Colour values

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