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Recognised as Colour

#489AAF

  • #489AAF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#489AAF is a cyan with RGB values 72, 154, 175 and HSL 192°, 42%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#489AAF#489AAF
HEX#489AAF
RGBrgb(72, 154, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6039, 0.6863
RGB percentages28.2%, 60.4%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(192.2, 41.7%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 58.9%, 68.6%)
CMYK58.9%, 12%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,758,191
CSS custom property--colour: #489AAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.52:1
Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#B76550

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C96B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D8AAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00A2A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.2Dark cyan · ΔE 16.9Teal · ΔE 18.2Light slate grey · ΔE 18.3Slate grey · ΔE 19.5Sky blue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF5D48
Analogous#48AF91, #4866AF
Triadic#AF489A, #9AAF48
Split complementary#AF4866, #AF9148
Tetradic#9148AF, #AF5D48, #66AF48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5E9EE
Lighter +30%#B1D6DF
Lighter +20%#8DC2D0
Lighter +10%#69AFC1
Darker −10%#397A8B
Darker −20%#2A5A67
Darker −30%#1B3B43
Darker −40%#0D1B1E
More saturated +25%#29ACCE
Less saturated −25%#678890

Channel breakdown

R72
G154
B175
Red72 (28.2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue192.23°
Saturation (HSL)41.7%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 9A · B AF

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