Colour

#4A8974

#4A8974
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#4A8974 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 137, 116 and HSL 160°, 30%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#4A8974

RGBrgb(74, 137, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.5373, 0.4549

RGB percentages29%, 53.7%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(160, 29.9%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160, 46%, 53.7%)

CMYK46%, 0%, 15.3%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,884,852

CSS custom property--colour: #4A8974;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.12:1

Contrast with white4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#B5768B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#868273no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C7A75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Tritanopia#358A83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 14.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.2 Sea green · ΔE 20.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 14.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#894A5F

Analogous#4A8954, #4A7E89

Triadic#744A89, #89744A

Split complementary#894A7E, #89544A

Tetradic#554A89, #894A5F, #7E894A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C1DED4

Lighter +30%#A0CCBD

Lighter +20%#7FBAA6

Lighter +10%#5EA88F

Darker −10%#386858

Darker −20%#26473C

Darker −30%#142620

Darker −40%#020504

More saturated +25%#30A37D

Less saturated −25%#646F6B

Channel breakdown

R74

G137

B116

Red74 (29%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue160°

Saturation (HSL)29.86%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4A · G 89 · B 74

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