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Colour

#495F55

  • #495F55
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#495F55 is a cyan with RGB values 73, 95, 85 and HSL 153°, 13%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#495F55#495F55
HEX#495F55
RGBrgb(73, 95, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.3725, 0.3333
RGB percentages28.6%, 37.3%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(152.7, 13.1%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.7, 23.2%, 37.3%)
CMYK23.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,808,533
CSS custom property--colour: #495F55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#B6A0AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E5C55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A5956no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#445F5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.8Dim grey · ΔE 12.6Gray · ΔE 18.9Slate grey · ΔE 21.6Teal · ΔE 23.7Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5F4953
Analogous#495F4A, #495E5F
Triadic#55495F, #5F5549
Split complementary#5F495E, #5F4A49
Tetradic#4A495F, #5F4953, #5E5F49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1C3BB
Lighter +30%#94ADA2
Lighter +20%#779788
Lighter +10%#5F7C6F
Darker −10%#33423B
Darker −20%#1D2521
Darker −30%#070808
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#347457
Less saturated −25%#545454

Channel breakdown

R73
G95
B85
Red73 (28.6%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue152.73°
Saturation (HSL)13.1%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G 5F · B 55

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