Recognised as Colour

#46737B

#46737B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#46737B is a cyan with RGB values 70, 115, 123 and HSL 189°, 27%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#46737B#46737B

HEX#46737B

RGBrgb(70, 115, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.451, 0.4824

RGB percentages27.5%, 45.1%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(189.1, 27.5%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.1, 43.1%, 48.2%)

CMYK43.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,617,083

CSS custom property--colour: #46737B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.25:1

Contrast with white5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#B98C84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C707Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#63697Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Tritanopia#2F7775no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 13.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 15.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.5 Teal · ΔE 15.9 Dim grey · ΔE 16.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7B4E46

Analogous#467B69, #46587B

Triadic#7B4673, #737B46

Split complementary#7B4659, #7B6946

Tetradic#69467B, #7B4E46, #587B46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7D1D6

Lighter +30%#96BDC4

Lighter +20%#76A8B1

Lighter +10%#58919C

Darker −10%#34555A

Darker −20%#21363A

Darker −30%#0F1819

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2E8493

Less saturated −25%#5E6263

Channel breakdown

R70

G115

B123

Red70 (27.5%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue189.06°

Saturation (HSL)27.46%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 73 · B 7B

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Colour values

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