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Recognised as Colour

#488C78

  • #488C78
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#488C78 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 140, 120 and HSL 162°, 32%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#488C78#488C78
HEX#488C78
RGBrgb(72, 140, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.549, 0.4706
RGB percentages28.2%, 54.9%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(162.4, 32.1%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.4, 48.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK48.6%, 0%, 14.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,754,552
CSS custom property--colour: #488C78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#B77387

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#888477no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D7D79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#2E8D86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 13.7Teal · ΔE 13.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5Light seagreen · ΔE 19.4Sea green · ΔE 20.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 13.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C485C
Analogous#488C56, #487E8C
Triadic#78488C, #8C7848
Split complementary#8C487E, #8C5648
Tetradic#56488C, #8C485C, #7E8C48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1DFD6
Lighter +30%#9FCEC0
Lighter +20%#7EBCAA
Lighter +10%#5CAB94
Darker −10%#376A5B
Darker −20%#25493E
Darker −30%#142721
Darker −40%#030505
More saturated +25%#2EA783
Less saturated −25%#63726D

Channel breakdown

R72
G140
B120
Red72 (28.2%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue162.35°
Saturation (HSL)32.08%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G 8C · B 78

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