Recognised as Colour
#486D5E
- #486D5E
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#486D5E is a cyan with RGB values 72, 109, 94 and HSL 156°, 20%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#486D5E#486D5E
HEX#486D5E
RGBrgb(72, 109, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4275, 0.3686
RGB percentages28.2%, 42.7%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(155.7, 20.4%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.7, 33.9%, 42.7%)
CMYK33.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,746,590
CSS custom property--colour: #486D5E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.13123WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#B792A1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6D4857
Analogous#486D4C, #486A6D
Triadic#5E486D, #6D5E48
Split complementary#6D486A, #6D4C48
Tetradic#4B486D, #6D4857, #6A6D48
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R72
G109
B94
Red72 (28.2%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue155.68°
Saturation (HSL)20.44%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G 6D · B 5E
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