Recognised as Colour

#487A77

#487A77
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#487A77 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 122, 119 and HSL 176°, 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#487A77

RGBrgb(72, 122, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4784, 0.4667

RGB percentages28.2%, 47.8%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(176.4, 25.8%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.4, 41%, 47.8%)

CMYK41%, 0%, 2.5%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,749,943

CSS custom property--colour: #487A77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.85:1

Contrast with white4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#B78588

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#757577no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6F78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Tritanopia#337C79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 14 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.5 Slate grey · ΔE 17.7 Dim grey · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A484B

Analogous#487A5E, #48647A

Triadic#77487A, #7A7748

Split complementary#7A4864, #7A5E48

Tetradic#5E487A, #7A484B, #647A48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B9D5D4

Lighter +30%#98C3C0

Lighter +20%#78B0AC

Lighter +10%#5B9A96

Darker −10%#355A58

Darker −20%#223A38

Darker −30%#0F1A19

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#30928C

Less saturated −25%#606262

Channel breakdown

R72

G122

B119

Red72 (28.2%)

Green122 (47.8%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue176.4°

Saturation (HSL)25.77%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G 7A · B 77

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