Colour

#4E7971

#4E7971
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#4E7971 is a cyan with RGB values 78, 121, 113 and HSL 169°, 22%, 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#4E7971

RGBrgb(78, 121, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.4745, 0.4431

RGB percentages30.6%, 47.5%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(168.8, 21.6%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 35.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK35.5%, 0%, 6.6%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,142,897

CSS custom property--colour: #4E7971;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#B1868E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#757471no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6F72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#407B76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 14.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.9 Dim grey · ΔE 17.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.5 Gray · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 14.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#794E56

Analogous#4E795C, #4E6B79

Triadic#714E79, #79714E

Split complementary#794E6B, #795C4E

Tetradic#5C4E79, #794E56, #6B794E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BED5D1

Lighter +30%#9FC1BB

Lighter +20%#80ADA5

Lighter +10%#62988E

Darker −10%#3A5A54

Darker −20%#263B37

Darker −30%#121C1A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#359281

Less saturated −25%#646464

Channel breakdown

R78

G121

B113

Red78 (30.6%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue168.84°

Saturation (HSL)21.61%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4E · G 79 · B 71

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