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Recognised as Colour

#4C6C79

  • #4C6C79
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#4C6C79 is a cyan with RGB values 76, 108, 121 and HSL 197°, 23%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#4C6C79#4C6C79
HEX#4C6C79
RGBrgb(76, 108, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.4235, 0.4745
RGB percentages29.8%, 42.4%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(197.3, 22.8%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.3, 37.2%, 47.5%)
CMYK37.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,008,505
CSS custom property--colour: #4C6C79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.63:1
Contrast with white5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#B39386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#656A7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E6579no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3C7070no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 10.8Light slate grey · ΔE 13.5Dim grey · ΔE 13.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.9Gray · ΔE 16.8Cadetblue · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 10.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79594C
Analogous#4C796F, #4C5679
Triadic#794C6C, #6C794C
Split complementary#794C56, #796F4C
Tetradic#6F4C79, #79594C, #56794C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCCED5
Lighter +30%#9DB7C1
Lighter +20%#7DA0AE
Lighter +10%#608898
Darker −10%#38505A
Darker −20%#25343A
Darker −30%#11181B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#337692
Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R76
G108
B121
Red76 (29.8%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue197.33°
Saturation (HSL)22.84%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4C · G 6C · B 79

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