Colour

#476E6A

#476E6A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#476E6A is a cyan with RGB values 71, 110, 106 and HSL 174°, 22%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#476E6A#476E6A

HEX#476E6A

RGBrgb(71, 110, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.4314, 0.4157

RGB percentages27.8%, 43.1%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(173.8, 21.5%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 35.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK35.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,681,322

CSS custom property--colour: #476E6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.67:1

Contrast with white5.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#B89195

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A6A6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#63656Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Tritanopia#39706Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.8 Dim grey · ΔE 14.9 Teal · ΔE 16.2 Slate grey · ΔE 17.7 Gray · ΔE 17.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E474B

Analogous#476E56, #475F6E

Triadic#6A476E, #6E6A47

Split complementary#6E475F, #6E5647

Tetradic#56476E, #6E474B, #5F6E47

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B3CECB

Lighter +30%#94BAB6

Lighter +20%#75A6A1

Lighter +10%#5B8D88

Darker −10%#334F4C

Darker −20%#1F302E

Darker −30%#0B1110

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#30857C

Less saturated −25%#5B5B5B

Channel breakdown

R71

G110

B106

Red71 (27.8%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue173.85°

Saturation (HSL)21.55%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 47 · G 6E · B 6A

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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