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Colour

#73949B

  • #73949B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#73949B is a cyan with RGB values 115, 148, 155 and HSL 190°, 17%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#73949B#73949B
HEX#73949B
RGBrgb(115, 148, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.5804, 0.6078
RGB percentages45.1%, 58%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(190.5, 16.7%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 25.8%, 60.8%)
CMYK25.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,574,683
CSS custom property--colour: #73949B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#8C6B64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E919Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#878C9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#669796no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9Cadetblue · ΔE 10.1Slate grey · ΔE 10.4Gray · ΔE 13.5Dark grey · ΔE 15.9Dim grey · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B7A73
Analogous#739B8E, #73809B
Triadic#9B7394, #949B73
Split complementary#9B7380, #9B8E73
Tetradic#8E739B, #9B7A73, #809B73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAEFF0
Lighter +30%#CCD8DB
Lighter +20%#AFC1C6
Lighter +10%#91ABB0
Darker −10%#5B7980
Darker −20%#465D62
Darker −30%#314144
Darker −40%#1C2527
More saturated +25%#55A8B9
Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R115
G148
B155
Red115 (45.1%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue190.5°
Saturation (HSL)16.67%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 94 · B 9B

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