Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#4A686C

  • #4A686C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#4A686C is a cyan with RGB values 74, 104, 108 and HSL 187°, 19%, 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

#4A686C#4A686C
HEX#4A686C
RGBrgb(74, 104, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.4078, 0.4235
RGB percentages29%, 40.8%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(187.1, 18.7%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.1, 31.5%, 42.4%)
CMYK31.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,876,396
CSS custom property--colour: #4A686C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.02:1
Contrast with white6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#B59793

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#63666Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D616Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#3E6B69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 11Dim grey · ΔE 11.7Slate grey · ΔE 14.2Gray · ΔE 16.3Light slate grey · ΔE 16.8Teal · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C4E4A
Analogous#4A6C5F, #4A576C
Triadic#6C4A68, #686C4A
Split complementary#6C4A57, #6C5F4A
Tetradic#5F4A6C, #6C4E4A, #576C4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5CACD
Lighter +30%#97B4B8
Lighter +20%#799EA3
Lighter +10%#5F858A
Darker −10%#354B4E
Darker −20%#212E2F
Darker −30%#0C1111
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#337983
Less saturated −25%#5B5B5B

Channel breakdown

R74
G104
B108
Red74 (29%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue187.06°
Saturation (HSL)18.68%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 68 · B 6C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “4a686c” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.