Recognised as Colour

#728B96

#728B96
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#728B96 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 139, 150 and HSL 198°, 15%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#728B96#728B96

HEX#728B96

RGBrgb(114, 139, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.5451, 0.5882

RGB percentages44.7%, 54.5%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(198.3, 14.6%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198.3, 24%, 58.8%)

CMYK24%, 7.3%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,506,838

CSS custom property--colour: #728B96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.85:1

Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#8D7469

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#858A97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#808596no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#678E8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 4.7 Slate grey · ΔE 5.7 Gray · ΔE 11.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.3 Dim grey · ΔE 16.1 Dark grey · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 4.68, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#967D72

Analogous#72968F, #727996

Triadic#96728B, #8B9672

Split complementary#967279, #968F72

Tetradic#8F7296, #967D72, #799672

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7EBED

Lighter +30%#CAD3D7

Lighter +20%#ACBBC2

Lighter +10%#8FA3AC

Darker −10%#5B717A

Darker −20%#45565D

Darker −30%#2F3B40

Darker −40%#1A2022

More saturated +25%#5397B5

Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R114

G139

B150

Red114 (44.7%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue198.33°

Saturation (HSL)14.63%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 72 · G 8B · B 96

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Colour values

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