Recognised as Colour

#486C76

#486C76
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#486C76 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 108, 118 and HSL 193°, 24%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#486C76#486C76

HEX#486C76

RGBrgb(72, 108, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4235, 0.4627

RGB percentages28.2%, 42.4%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(193, 24.2%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193, 39%, 46.3%)

CMYK39%, 8.5%, 0%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,746,358

CSS custom property--colour: #486C76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.7:1

Contrast with white5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#B79389

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#656A77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E6476no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#36706Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 12.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.6 Dim grey · ΔE 14 Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8 Gray · ΔE 17.3 Teal · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 12.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#765248

Analogous#487669, #485576

Triadic#76486C, #6C7648

Split complementary#764855, #766948

Tetradic#694876, #765248, #557648

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B7CDD3

Lighter +30%#97B7C0

Lighter +20%#78A1AC

Lighter +10%#5B8996

Darker −10%#354F56

Darker −20%#213237

Darker −30%#0E1517

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#30798E

Less saturated −25%#5F5F5F

Channel breakdown

R72

G108

B118

Red72 (28.2%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue193.04°

Saturation (HSL)24.21%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G 6C · B 76

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