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Recognised as Colour

#49595E

  • #49595E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#49595E is a cyan with RGB values 73, 89, 94 and HSL 194°, 13%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#49595E#49595E
HEX#49595E
RGBrgb(73, 89, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.349, 0.3686
RGB percentages28.6%, 34.9%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(194.3, 12.6%, 32.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 22.3%, 36.9%)
CMYK22.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,807,006
CSS custom property--colour: #49595E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.31:1
Contrast with white7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#B6A6A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#56585Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#52555Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#435B5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.8Dim grey · ΔE 10.4Slate grey · ΔE 17.3Gray · ΔE 18.3Light slate grey · ΔE 20.4Teal · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E4E49
Analogous#495E59, #494E5E
Triadic#5E4959, #595E49
Split complementary#5E494E, #5E5949
Tetradic#59495E, #5E4E49, #4E5E49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1BEC2
Lighter +30%#94A6AC
Lighter +20%#778E96
Lighter +10%#5F747B
Darker −10%#333E41
Darker −20%#1C2325
Darker −30%#060708
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#346473
Less saturated −25%#535353

Channel breakdown

R73
G89
B94
Red73 (28.6%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue194.29°
Saturation (HSL)12.57%
Lightness32.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 59 · B 5E

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