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Recognised as Colour

#459C88

  • #459C88
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#459C88 is a cyan with RGB values 69, 156, 136 and HSL 166°, 39%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#459C88#459C88
HEX#459C88
RGBrgb(69, 156, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.6118, 0.5333
RGB percentages27.1%, 61.2%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(166.2, 38.7%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.2, 55.8%, 61.2%)
CMYK55.8%, 0%, 12.8%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,562,056
CSS custom property--colour: #459C88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.36:1
Contrast with white3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#BA6377

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979387no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#898989no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#109E96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 13Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4Teal · ΔE 15.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.2Sea green · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C4559
Analogous#459C5C, #45849C
Triadic#88459C, #9C8845
Split complementary#9C4584, #9C5C45
Tetradic#5D459C, #9C4559, #859C45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7E6DF
Lighter +30%#A3D7CB
Lighter +20%#80C7B7
Lighter +10%#5DB7A2
Darker −10%#357969
Darker −20%#26554A
Darker −30%#16322C
Darker −40%#060F0D
More saturated +25%#29B897
Less saturated −25%#618079

Channel breakdown

R69
G156
B136
Red69 (27.1%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue166.21°
Saturation (HSL)38.67%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 45 · G 9C · B 88

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