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Recognised as Colour

#4D5F56

  • #4D5F56
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#4D5F56 is a cyan with RGB values 77, 95, 86 and HSL 150°, 10%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#4D5F56#4D5F56
HEX#4D5F56
RGBrgb(77, 95, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.3725, 0.3373
RGB percentages30.2%, 37.3%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(150, 10.5%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150, 18.9%, 37.3%)
CMYK18.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,070,678
CSS custom property--colour: #4D5F56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.8:1
Contrast with white6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#B2A0A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#5E5C56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B5A57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#4A5F5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#5F4D56
Analogous#4D5F4D, #4D5F5F
Triadic#564D5F, #5F564D
Split complementary#5F4D5F, #5F4D4D
Tetradic#4D4D5F, #5F4D56, #5F5F4D

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#B5C3BC
Lighter +30%#99ACA3
Lighter +20%#7D9589
Lighter +10%#647B70
Darker −10%#36433D
Darker −20%#1F2723
Darker −30%#090A0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#387556
Less saturated −25%#565656

Channel breakdown

R77
G95
B86
Red77 (30.2%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue150°
Saturation (HSL)10.47%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4D · G 5F · B 56

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