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Recognised as Colour

#487F7E

  • #487F7E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#487F7E is a cyan with RGB values 72, 127, 126 and HSL 179°, 28%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#487F7E#487F7E
HEX#487F7E
RGBrgb(72, 127, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.498, 0.4941
RGB percentages28.2%, 49.8%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(178.9, 27.6%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 43.3%, 49.8%)
CMYK43.3%, 0%, 0.8%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,751,230
CSS custom property--colour: #487F7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#B78081

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#797A7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F737Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#2E827Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 11Cadetblue · ΔE 11.9Dark cyan · ΔE 13.1Slate grey · ΔE 17.5Light slate grey · ΔE 18.4Gray · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 11.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7F4849
Analogous#487F62, #48657F
Triadic#7E487F, #7F7E48
Split complementary#7F4865, #7F6248
Tetradic#62487F, #7F4849, #657F48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBD8D8
Lighter +30%#9AC6C5
Lighter +20%#7AB3B2
Lighter +10%#5AA09E
Darker −10%#365E5E
Darker −20%#233E3D
Darker −30%#111D1D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2F9896
Less saturated −25%#616666

Channel breakdown

R72
G127
B126
Red72 (28.2%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue178.91°
Saturation (HSL)27.64%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G 7F · B 7E

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