Recognised as Colour

#469D7A

#469D7A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#469D7A is a cyan with RGB values 70, 157, 122 and HSL 156°, 38%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

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HEX#469D7A

RGBrgb(70, 157, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.6157, 0.4784

RGB percentages27.5%, 61.6%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(155.9, 38.3%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(155.9, 55.4%, 61.6%)

CMYK55.4%, 0%, 22.3%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,627,834

CSS custom property--colour: #469D7A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.8 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#B96285

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A9378no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8A7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Tritanopia#229D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 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

Sea green · ΔE 13 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 12.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9D4669

Analogous#469D4E, #46959D

Triadic#7A469D, #9D7A46

Split complementary#9D4695, #9D4E46

Tetradic#4E469D, #9D4669, #959D46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C8E7DA

Lighter +30%#A5D7C3

Lighter +20%#82C7AB

Lighter +10%#5FB794

Darker −10%#367A5F

Darker −20%#275643

Darker −30%#173328

Darker −40%#07100C

More saturated +25%#2AB980

Less saturated −25%#628174

Channel breakdown

R70

G157

B122

Red70 (27.5%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue155.86°

Saturation (HSL)38.33%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 46 · G 9D · B 7A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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