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Recognised as Colour

#728F8E

  • #728F8E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#728F8E is a cyan with RGB values 114, 143, 142 and HSL 178°, 11%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#728F8E#728F8E
HEX#728F8E
RGBrgb(114, 143, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.5608, 0.5569
RGB percentages44.7%, 56.1%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(177.9, 11.5%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 20.3%, 56.1%)
CMYK20.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,507,854
CSS custom property--colour: #728F8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#8D7071

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B8C8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#86888Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Tritanopia#69918Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.1Gray · ΔE 11.4Light slate grey · ΔE 11.7Slate grey · ΔE 12.1Dark grey · ΔE 16.1Dim grey · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8F7273
Analogous#728F7F, #72828F
Triadic#8E728F, #8F8E72
Split complementary#8F7282, #8F7F72
Tetradic#80728F, #8F7273, #828F72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4E9E9
Lighter +30%#C7D3D2
Lighter +20%#ABBCBC
Lighter +10%#8EA6A5
Darker −10%#5B7372
Darker −20%#455656
Darker −30%#2E3A3A
Darker −40%#171E1D
More saturated +25%#52AFAB
Less saturated −25%#818181

Channel breakdown

R114
G143
B142
Red114 (44.7%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue177.93°
Saturation (HSL)11.46%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G 8F · B 8E

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