Recognised as Colour

#72878B

#72878B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#72878B is a cyan with RGB values 114, 135, 139 and HSL 190°, 10%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#72878B#72878B

HEX#72878B

RGBrgb(114, 135, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.5294, 0.5451

RGB percentages44.7%, 52.9%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(189.6, 9.9%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.6, 18%, 54.5%)

CMYK18%, 2.9%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,505,803

CSS custom property--colour: #72878B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.55:1

Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#8D7874

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#83858Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F828Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Tritanopia#6B8988no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 7.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 7.9 Gray · ΔE 8.2 Dim grey · ΔE 13.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8 Dark grey · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 7.67, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B7672

Analogous#728B83, #727B8B

Triadic#8B7287, #878B72

Split complementary#8B727B, #8B8372

Tetradic#83728B, #8B7672, #7B8B72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2E6E7

Lighter +30%#C6CED0

Lighter +20%#AAB7B9

Lighter +10%#8E9FA2

Darker −10%#5B6C6F

Darker −20%#445153

Darker −30%#2D3537

Darker −40%#161A1B

More saturated +25%#529DAB

Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R114

G135

B139

Red114 (44.7%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue189.6°

Saturation (HSL)9.88%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 72 · G 87 · B 8B

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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