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Recognised as Colour

#496C6F

  • #496C6F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#496C6F is a cyan with RGB values 73, 108, 111 and HSL 185°, 21%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#496C6F#496C6F
HEX#496C6F
RGBrgb(73, 108, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.4235, 0.4353
RGB percentages28.6%, 42.4%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(184.7, 20.7%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 34.2%, 43.5%)
CMYK34.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,811,887
CSS custom property--colour: #496C6F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#B69390

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#67696Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#60646Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3B6F6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.1Dim grey · ΔE 13Slate grey · ΔE 14.4Gray · ΔE 16.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F4C49
Analogous#496F5F, #49596F
Triadic#6F496C, #6C6F49
Split complementary#6F4959, #6F5F49
Tetradic#5F496F, #6F4C49, #596F49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5CDCF
Lighter +30%#97B8BA
Lighter +20%#78A2A6
Lighter +10%#5D8A8E
Darker −10%#354E50
Darker −20%#213031
Darker −30%#0C1213
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#327F86
Less saturated −25%#5C5C5C

Channel breakdown

R73
G108
B111
Red73 (28.6%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue184.74°
Saturation (HSL)20.65%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 6C · B 6F

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