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Recognised as Colour

#485A60

  • #485A60
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#485A60 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 90, 96 and HSL 195°, 14%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#485A60#485A60
HEX#485A60
RGBrgb(72, 90, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.3529, 0.3765
RGB percentages28.2%, 35.3%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(195, 14.3%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 25%, 37.6%)
CMYK25%, 6.2%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,741,728
CSS custom property--colour: #485A60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.22:1
Contrast with white7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#B7A59F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#565960no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#525660no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#415C5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.8Dim grey · ΔE 10.8Slate grey · ΔE 16.9Gray · ΔE 18.4Light slate grey · ΔE 19.9Teal · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#604E48
Analogous#48605A, #484E60
Triadic#60485A, #5A6048
Split complementary#60484E, #605A48
Tetradic#5A4860, #604E48, #4E6048

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0BFC4
Lighter +30%#93A7AE
Lighter +20%#769098
Lighter +10%#5E757D
Darker −10%#323F43
Darker −20%#1C2326
Darker −30%#060809
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#336475
Less saturated −25%#545454

Channel breakdown

R72
G90
B96
Red72 (28.2%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)14.29%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 5A · B 60

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