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Recognised as Colour

#487E8C

  • #487E8C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#487E8C is a cyan with RGB values 72, 126, 140 and HSL 192°, 32%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#487E8C#487E8C
HEX#487E8C
RGBrgb(72, 126, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4941, 0.549
RGB percentages28.2%, 49.4%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(192.4, 32.1%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 48.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK48.6%, 10%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,750,988
CSS custom property--colour: #487E8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.64:1
Contrast with white4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#B78173

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#747B8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A738Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#258382no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 12.5Light slate grey · ΔE 13.4Cadetblue · ΔE 14Teal · ΔE 15.7Dark cyan · ΔE 17.4Gray · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 12.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C5648
Analogous#488C78, #485C8C
Triadic#8C487E, #7E8C48
Split complementary#8C485C, #8C7848
Tetradic#78488C, #8C5648, #5C8C48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1D9DF
Lighter +30%#9FC4CE
Lighter +20%#7EAFBC
Lighter +10%#5C9BAB
Darker −10%#37606A
Darker −20%#254149
Darker −30%#142327
Darker −40%#030505
More saturated +25%#2E8EA7
Less saturated −25%#636E72

Channel breakdown

R72
G126
B140
Red72 (28.2%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue192.35°
Saturation (HSL)32.08%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 7E · B 8C

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