Recognised as Colour

#487A6E

#487A6E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#487A6E is a cyan with RGB values 72, 122, 110 and HSL 166°, 26%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#487A6E

RGBrgb(72, 122, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4784, 0.4314

RGB percentages28.2%, 47.8%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(165.6, 25.8%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(165.6, 41%, 47.8%)

CMYK41%, 0%, 9.8%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,749,934

CSS custom property--colour: #487A6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1

Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#B78591

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#76746Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6E6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Tritanopia#377B76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 13.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.9 Dim grey · ΔE 20.2 Gray · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 13.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A4854

Analogous#487A55, #486D7A

Triadic#6E487A, #7A6E48

Split complementary#7A486D, #7A5548

Tetradic#55487A, #7A4854, #6D7A48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B9D5CF

Lighter +30%#98C3B8

Lighter +20%#78B0A2

Lighter +10%#5B9A8B

Darker −10%#355A51

Darker −20%#223A34

Darker −30%#0F1A17

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#30927B

Less saturated −25%#606261

Channel breakdown

R72

G122

B110

Red72 (28.2%)

Green122 (47.8%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue165.6°

Saturation (HSL)25.77%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G 7A · B 6E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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