Recognised as Colour
#487B72
- #487B72
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#487B72 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 123, 114 and HSL 169°, 26%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#487B72#487B72
HEX#487B72
RGBrgb(72, 123, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4824, 0.4471
RGB percentages28.2%, 48.2%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(169.4, 26.2%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.4, 41.5%, 48.2%)
CMYK41.5%, 0%, 7.3%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,750,194
CSS custom property--colour: #487B72;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.16759WCAG 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 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#B7848D
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7B4851
Analogous#487B59, #486A7B
Triadic#72487B, #7B7248
Split complementary#7B486A, #7B5948
Tetradic#59487B, #7B4851, #6A7B48
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R72
G123
B114
Red72 (28.2%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue169.41°
Saturation (HSL)26.15%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G 7B · B 72
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