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Recognised as Colour

#489CA6

  • #489CA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#489CA6 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 156, 166 and HSL 186°, 39%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#489CA6#489CA6
HEX#489CA6
RGBrgb(72, 156, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6118, 0.651
RGB percentages28.2%, 61.2%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(186.4, 39.5%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 56.6%, 65.1%)
CMYK56.6%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,758,694
CSS custom property--colour: #489CA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#B76359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9196A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#828BA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00A29Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.3Dark cyan · ΔE 11.9Teal · ΔE 14Light seagreen · ΔE 17.6Light slate grey · ΔE 20.6Slate grey · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A65248
Analogous#48A681, #486DA6
Triadic#A6489C, #9CA648
Split complementary#A6486D, #A68148
Tetradic#8148A6, #A65248, #6DA648

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0E8EA
Lighter +30%#ACD6DB
Lighter +20%#88C4CC
Lighter +10%#65B3BC
Darker −10%#397B82
Darker −20%#29595F
Darker −30%#1A383B
Darker −40%#0A1618
More saturated +25%#2AB3C4
Less saturated −25%#668588

Channel breakdown

R72
G156
B166
Red72 (28.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue186.38°
Saturation (HSL)39.5%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 9C · B A6

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