Recognised as Colour
#468B77
- #468B77
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#468B77 is a cyan with RGB values 70, 139, 119 and HSL 163°, 33%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#468B77#468B77
HEX#468B77
RGBrgb(70, 139, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.5451, 0.4667
RGB percentages27.5%, 54.5%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(162.6, 33%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.6, 49.6%, 54.5%)
CMYK49.6%, 0%, 14.4%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,623,223
CSS custom property--colour: #468B77;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.21099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.22:1
Contrast with white4.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.22:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#B97488
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.02:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8B465A
Analogous#468B54, #467D8B
Triadic#77468B, #8B7746
Split complementary#8B467D, #8B5446
Tetradic#54468B, #8B465A, #7D8B46
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R70
G139
B119
Red70 (27.5%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue162.61°
Saturation (HSL)33.01%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 46 · G 8B · B 77
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