Recognised as Colour

#4E7872

#4E7872
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#4E7872 is a cyan with RGB values 78, 120, 114 and HSL 171°, 21%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#4E7872

RGBrgb(78, 120, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.4706, 0.4471

RGB percentages30.6%, 47.1%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(171.4, 21.2%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 35%, 47.1%)

CMYK35%, 0%, 5%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,142,642

CSS custom property--colour: #4E7872;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#B1878D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#747472no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6E73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original

Tritanopia#407A76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 14.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5 Dim grey · ΔE 16.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.2 Gray · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 14.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#784E54

Analogous#4E785D, #4E6978

Triadic#724E78, #78724E

Split complementary#784E69, #785D4E

Tetradic#5D4E78, #784E54, #69784E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BED4D1

Lighter +30%#9FC0BC

Lighter +20%#80ACA6

Lighter +10%#62978F

Darker −10%#3A5955

Darker −20%#263A37

Darker −30%#121B1A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#359184

Less saturated −25%#636363

Channel breakdown

R78

G120

B114

Red78 (30.6%)

Green120 (47.1%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue171.43°

Saturation (HSL)21.21%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4E · G 78 · B 72

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