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Recognised as Colour

#49686F

  • #49686F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#49686F is a cyan with RGB values 73, 104, 111 and HSL 191°, 21%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#49686F#49686F
HEX#49686F
RGBrgb(73, 104, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.4078, 0.4353
RGB percentages28.6%, 40.8%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(191.1, 20.7%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 34.2%, 43.5%)
CMYK34.2%, 6.3%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,810,863
CSS custom property--colour: #49686F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.01:1
Contrast with white6.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#B69790

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#62666Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C616Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#3C6B6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 11.6Dim grey · ΔE 12.3Slate grey · ΔE 13.4Light slate grey · ΔE 16.1Gray · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F5049
Analogous#496F63, #49556F
Triadic#6F4968, #686F49
Split complementary#6F4955, #6F6349
Tetradic#63496F, #6F5049, #556F49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5CACF
Lighter +30%#97B4BA
Lighter +20%#789EA6
Lighter +10%#5D858E
Darker −10%#354B50
Darker −20%#212E31
Darker −30%#0C1213
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#327786
Less saturated −25%#5C5C5C

Channel breakdown

R73
G104
B111
Red73 (28.6%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue191.05°
Saturation (HSL)20.65%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 68 · B 6F

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