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Recognised as Colour

#48646E

  • #48646E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#48646E is a cyan with RGB values 72, 100, 110 and HSL 196°, 21%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#48646E#48646E
HEX#48646E
RGBrgb(72, 100, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.3922, 0.4314
RGB percentages28.2%, 39.2%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(195.8, 20.9%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 34.5%, 43.1%)
CMYK34.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,744,302
CSS custom property--colour: #48646E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#B79B91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E626Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#585E6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3B6767no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 11.5Dim grey · ΔE 12.3Slate grey · ΔE 13.5Light slate grey · ΔE 16.4Gray · ΔE 17.5Teal · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E5248
Analogous#486E65, #48516E
Triadic#6E4864, #646E48
Split complementary#6E4851, #6E6548
Tetradic#65486E, #6E5248, #516E48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4C7CE
Lighter +30%#95B0BA
Lighter +20%#7699A6
Lighter +10%#5C808D
Darker −10%#34484F
Darker −20%#202C30
Darker −30%#0B1012
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#316F85
Less saturated −25%#5B5B5B

Channel breakdown

R72
G100
B110
Red72 (28.2%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue195.79°
Saturation (HSL)20.88%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 64 · B 6E

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