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Recognised as Colour

#48585E

  • #48585E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#48585E is a cyan with RGB values 72, 88, 94 and HSL 196°, 13%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#48585E#48585E
HEX#48585E
RGBrgb(72, 88, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.3451, 0.3686
RGB percentages28.2%, 34.5%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(196.4, 13.3%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 23.4%, 36.9%)
CMYK23.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,741,214
CSS custom property--colour: #48585E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.41:1
Contrast with white7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#B7A7A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#54575Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#51545Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#425A5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.9Dim grey · ΔE 10.9Slate grey · ΔE 17.5Gray · ΔE 18.7Light slate grey · ΔE 20.5Teal · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E4E48
Analogous#485E59, #484D5E
Triadic#5E4858, #585E48
Split complementary#5E484D, #5E5948
Tetradic#59485E, #5E4E48, #4D5E48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0BDC2
Lighter +30%#93A5AC
Lighter +20%#768D96
Lighter +10%#5E737B
Darker −10%#323D41
Darker −20%#1C2224
Darker −30%#060707
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#336173
Less saturated −25%#535353

Channel breakdown

R72
G88
B94
Red72 (28.2%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)13.25%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 58 · B 5E

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