Colour

#72948E

#72948E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#72948E is a cyan with RGB values 114, 148, 142 and HSL 169°, 14%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#72948E#72948E

HEX#72948E

RGBrgb(114, 148, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.5804, 0.5569

RGB percentages44.7%, 58%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(169.4, 13.7%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.4, 23%, 58%)

CMYK23%, 0%, 4.1%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,509,134

CSS custom property--colour: #72948E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.34:1

Contrast with white3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#8D6B71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#91908Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A8B8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Tritanopia#699592no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.7 Gray · ΔE 14.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 15.3 Slate grey · ΔE 15.9 Dark grey · ΔE 16.8 Dim grey · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#947278

Analogous#72947D, #728994

Triadic#8E7294, #948E72

Split complementary#947289, #947D72

Tetradic#7D7294, #947278, #899472

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6ECEB

Lighter +30%#C9D6D4

Lighter +20%#ACC0BC

Lighter +10%#8FAAA5

Darker −10%#5B7873

Darker −20%#455B57

Darker −30%#2F3E3B

Darker −40%#192120

More saturated +25%#53B3A2

Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R114

G148

B142

Red114 (44.7%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue169.41°

Saturation (HSL)13.71%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G 94 · B 8E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#72948E

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else