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Recognised as Colour

#4A8681

  • #4A8681
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#4A8681 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 134, 129 and HSL 175°, 29%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#4A8681#4A8681
HEX#4A8681
RGBrgb(74, 134, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.5255, 0.5059
RGB percentages29%, 52.5%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(175, 28.8%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175, 44.8%, 52.5%)
CMYK44.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,884,097
CSS custom property--colour: #4A8681;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#B5797E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#808081no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#767982no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2F8984no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.1Teal · ΔE 10.2Dark cyan · ΔE 11.3Slate grey · ΔE 20Light slate grey · ΔE 20.5Gray · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#864A4F
Analogous#4A8663, #4A6D86
Triadic#814A86, #86814A
Split complementary#864A6D, #86634A
Tetradic#634A86, #864A4F, #6D864A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0DCDA
Lighter +30%#9FCAC6
Lighter +20%#7EB8B3
Lighter +10%#5DA6A0
Darker −10%#386561
Darker −20%#264442
Darker −30%#142322
Darker −40%#010302
More saturated +25%#30A097
Less saturated −25%#646C6B

Channel breakdown

R74
G134
B129
Red74 (29%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue175°
Saturation (HSL)28.85%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4A · G 86 · B 81

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