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Recognised as Colour

#4E5E60

  • #4E5E60
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#4E5E60 is a cyan with RGB values 78, 94, 96 and HSL 187°, 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 Dim grey.

Colour values

#4E5E60#4E5E60
HEX#4E5E60
RGBrgb(78, 94, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.3686, 0.3765
RGB percentages30.6%, 36.9%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(186.7, 10.3%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.7, 18.7%, 37.6%)
CMYK18.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,135,968
CSS custom property--colour: #4E5E60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.79:1
Contrast with white6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#B1A19F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B5D60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#585A60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#495F5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.6Gray · ΔE 16.3Slate grey · ΔE 16.3Light slate grey · ΔE 19.3Teal · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60504E
Analogous#4E6059, #4E5560
Triadic#604E5E, #5E604E
Split complementary#604E55, #60594E
Tetradic#594E60, #60504E, #55604E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6C2C4
Lighter +30%#9AABAD
Lighter +20%#7E9396
Lighter +10%#657A7C
Darker −10%#374244
Darker −20%#202728
Darker −30%#090B0C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#386F76
Less saturated −25%#575757

Channel breakdown

R78
G94
B96
Red78 (30.6%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue186.67°
Saturation (HSL)10.34%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 5E · B 60

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