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Recognised as Colour

#485B63

  • #485B63
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#485B63 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 91, 99 and HSL 198°, 16%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#485B63#485B63
HEX#485B63
RGBrgb(72, 91, 99)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.3569, 0.3882
RGB percentages28.2%, 35.7%, 38.8%
HSLhsl(197.8, 15.8%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 27.3%, 38.8%)
CMYK27.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 61.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,741,987
CSS custom property--colour: #485B63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#B7A49C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#575A63no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#525763no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#405E5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.6Dim grey · ΔE 11.2Slate grey · ΔE 16.1Gray · ΔE 18.4Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2Teal · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#635048
Analogous#48635E, #484E63
Triadic#63485B, #5B6348
Split complementary#63484E, #635E48
Tetradic#5E4863, #635048, #4E6348

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1C0C6
Lighter +30%#93A8B1
Lighter +20%#76909B
Lighter +10%#5D7681
Darker −10%#334045
Darker −20%#1D2528
Darker −30%#080A0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#336478
Less saturated −25%#565656

Channel breakdown

R72
G91
B99
Red72 (28.2%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue99 (38.8%)
Hue197.78°
Saturation (HSL)15.79%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 5B · B 63

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