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Recognised as Colour

#48686E

  • #48686E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#48686E is a cyan with RGB values 72, 104, 110 and HSL 189°, 21%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#48686E#48686E
HEX#48686E
RGBrgb(72, 104, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4078, 0.4314
RGB percentages28.2%, 40.8%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(189.5, 20.9%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 34.5%, 43.1%)
CMYK34.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,745,326
CSS custom property--colour: #48686E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.03:1
Contrast with white6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#B79791

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#63666Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C616Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#3A6B6Ano 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 text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 11.3Dim grey · ΔE 12.5Slate grey · ΔE 13.9Light slate grey · ΔE 16.5Gray · ΔE 16.9Teal · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E4E48
Analogous#486E61, #48556E
Triadic#6E4868, #686E48
Split complementary#6E4855, #6E6148
Tetradic#61486E, #6E4E48, #556E48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4CACE
Lighter +30%#95B4BA
Lighter +20%#769EA6
Lighter +10%#5C858D
Darker −10%#344B4F
Darker −20%#202E30
Darker −30%#0B1112
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#317885
Less saturated −25%#5B5B5B

Channel breakdown

R72
G104
B110
Red72 (28.2%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue189.47°
Saturation (HSL)20.88%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 68 · B 6E

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