Recognised as Colour

#4E9379

#4E9379
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark cyan

#4E9379 is a cyan with RGB values 78, 147, 121 and HSL 157°, 31%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

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HEX#4E9379

RGBrgb(78, 147, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.5765, 0.4745

RGB percentages30.6%, 57.6%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(157.4, 30.7%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(157.4, 46.9%, 57.6%)

CMYK46.9%, 0%, 17.7%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,149,561

CSS custom property--colour: #4E9379;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#B16C86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#908B78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#85837Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Tritanopia#38938Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 16.7 Teal · ΔE 17.4 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.6 Sea green · ΔE 17.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 19 Dark seagreen · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 16.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#934E68

Analogous#4E9357, #4E8A93

Triadic#794E93, #93794E

Split complementary#934E8A, #93574E

Tetradic#574E93, #934E68, #8A934E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAE3DA

Lighter +30%#A9D1C2

Lighter +20%#87C0AA

Lighter +10%#66AE93

Darker −10%#3C725E

Darker −20%#2B5042

Darker −30%#192F27

Darker −40%#070E0B

More saturated +25%#32AF80

Less saturated −25%#6A7772

Channel breakdown

R78

G147

B121

Red78 (30.6%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue157.39°

Saturation (HSL)30.67%

Lightness44.12%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4E · G 93 · B 79

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