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Recognised as Colour

#4A585A

  • #4A585A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#4A585A is a cyan with RGB values 74, 88, 90 and HSL 188°, 10%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#4A585A#4A585A
HEX#4A585A
RGBrgb(74, 88, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.3451, 0.3529
RGB percentages29%, 34.5%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(187.5, 9.8%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 17.8%, 35.3%)
CMYK17.8%, 2.2%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,872,282
CSS custom property--colour: #4A585A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.41:1
Contrast with white7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#B5A7A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#56575Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#53545Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#455959no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.5Dim grey · ΔE 9.9Gray · ΔE 18.2Slate grey · ΔE 18.4Light slate grey · ΔE 21.4Teal · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A4C4A
Analogous#4A5A54, #4A505A
Triadic#5A4A58, #585A4A
Split complementary#5A4A50, #5A544A
Tetradic#544A5A, #5A4C4A, #505A4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1BDBF
Lighter +30%#95A6A8
Lighter +20%#798E91
Lighter +10%#617376
Darker −10%#333D3E
Darker −20%#1C2122
Darker −30%#050606
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#35676F
Less saturated −25%#525252

Channel breakdown

R74
G88
B90
Red74 (29%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue187.5°
Saturation (HSL)9.76%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 58 · B 5A

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