Recognised as Colour
#487B6D
- #487B6D
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#487B6D is a cyan with RGB values 72, 123, 109 and HSL 164°, 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
#487B6D#487B6D
HEX#487B6D
RGBrgb(72, 123, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4824, 0.4275
RGB percentages28.2%, 48.2%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(163.5, 26.2%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.5, 41.5%, 48.2%)
CMYK41.5%, 0%, 11.4%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,750,189
CSS custom property--colour: #487B6D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.16648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.6 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#B78492
Colour vision & accessibility
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
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7B4856
Analogous#487B53, #48707B
Triadic#6D487B, #7B6D48
Split complementary#7B4870, #7B5348
Tetradic#53487B, #7B4856, #707B48
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R72
G123
B109
Red72 (28.2%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue163.53°
Saturation (HSL)26.15%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G 7B · B 6D
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