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Recognised as Colour

#459D8A

  • #459D8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#459D8A is a cyan with RGB values 69, 157, 138 and HSL 167°, 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

#459D8A#459D8A
HEX#459D8A
RGBrgb(69, 157, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.6157, 0.5412
RGB percentages27.1%, 61.6%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(167, 38.9%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167, 56.1%, 61.6%)
CMYK56.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,562,314
CSS custom property--colour: #459D8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#BA6275

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989489no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8A8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#0B9F97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.4Dark cyan · ΔE 13Cadetblue · ΔE 15Teal · ΔE 15.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.1Sea green · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D4558
Analogous#459D5E, #45849D
Triadic#8A459D, #9D8A45
Split complementary#9D4584, #9D5E45
Tetradic#5E459D, #9D4558, #849D45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7E7E0
Lighter +30%#A4D7CC
Lighter +20%#81C7B8
Lighter +10%#5DB8A4
Darker −10%#357A6B
Darker −20%#26564C
Darker −30%#16332D
Darker −40%#070F0D
More saturated +25%#29B99A
Less saturated −25%#61817A

Channel breakdown

R69
G157
B138
Red69 (27.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue167.05°
Saturation (HSL)38.94%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 45 · G 9D · B 8A

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