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Recognised as Colour

#4B808B

  • #4B808B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#4B808B is a cyan with RGB values 75, 128, 139 and HSL 190°, 30%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#4B808B#4B808B
HEX#4B808B
RGBrgb(75, 128, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.502, 0.5451
RGB percentages29.4%, 50.2%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(190.3, 29.9%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 46%, 54.5%)
CMYK46%, 7.9%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,948,107
CSS custom property--colour: #4B808B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#B47F74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#777D8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D758Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2C8583no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12.5Slate grey · ΔE 12.7Light slate grey · ΔE 13.5Teal · ΔE 14.8Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4Gray · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B564B
Analogous#4B8B76, #4B608B
Triadic#8B4B80, #808B4B
Split complementary#8B4B60, #8B764B
Tetradic#764B8B, #8B564B, #608B4B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3DADF
Lighter +30%#A2C6CD
Lighter +20%#81B1BB
Lighter +10%#609DA9
Darker −10%#39616A
Darker −20%#274349
Darker −30%#152428
Darker −40%#040606
More saturated +25%#3092A6
Less saturated −25%#666E70

Channel breakdown

R75
G128
B139
Red75 (29.4%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue190.31°
Saturation (HSL)29.91%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 80 · B 8B

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