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Recognised as Colour

#4B808E

  • #4B808E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#4B808E is a cyan with RGB values 75, 128, 142 and HSL 193°, 31%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#4B808E#4B808E
HEX#4B808E
RGBrgb(75, 128, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.502, 0.5569
RGB percentages29.4%, 50.2%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(192.5, 30.9%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.5, 47.2%, 55.7%)
CMYK47.2%, 9.9%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,948,110
CSS custom property--colour: #4B808E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#B47F71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#767D8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C758Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#2A8584no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 12Light slate grey · ΔE 12.8Cadetblue · ΔE 13.4Teal · ΔE 16Dark cyan · ΔE 17.5Gray · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 12.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E594B
Analogous#4B8E7B, #4B5E8E
Triadic#8E4B80, #808E4B
Split complementary#8E4B5F, #8E7B4B
Tetradic#7B4B8E, #8E594B, #5E8E4B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5DAE0
Lighter +30%#A3C6CF
Lighter +20%#82B1BD
Lighter +10%#619CAB
Darker −10%#39626D
Darker −20%#28444B
Darker −30%#16262A
Darker −40%#040809
More saturated +25%#3090A9
Less saturated −25%#667073

Channel breakdown

R75
G128
B142
Red75 (29.4%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue192.54°
Saturation (HSL)30.88%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 80 · B 8E

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