Recognised as Colour

#498D70

#498D70
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#498D70 is a cyan with RGB values 73, 141, 112 and HSL 154°, 32%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

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HEX#498D70

RGBrgb(73, 141, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.5529, 0.4392

RGB percentages28.6%, 55.3%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(154.4, 31.8%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(154.4, 48.2%, 55.3%)

CMYK48.2%, 0%, 20.6%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,820,336

CSS custom property--colour: #498D70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.33:1

Contrast with white3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.33:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#B6728F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B856Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#807D72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Tritanopia#348D85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 15.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 18 Teal · ΔE 18.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 20.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 15.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8D4966

Analogous#498D4E, #49888D

Triadic#70498D, #8D7049

Split complementary#8D4988, #8D4E49

Tetradic#4E498D, #8D4966, #888D49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C2E0D3

Lighter +30%#A1CEBB

Lighter +20%#7FBDA3

Lighter +10%#5EAB8A

Darker −10%#386B55

Darker −20%#264A3B

Darker −30%#152820

Darker −40%#030705

More saturated +25%#2EA874

Less saturated −25%#64726C

Channel breakdown

R73

G141

B112

Red73 (28.6%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue154.41°

Saturation (HSL)31.78%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G 8D · B 70

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