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Recognised as Colour

#748C87

  • #748C87
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Gray

#748C87 is a cyan with RGB values 116, 140, 135 and HSL 167°, 9%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#748C87#748C87
HEX#748C87
RGBrgb(116, 140, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.549, 0.5294
RGB percentages45.5%, 54.9%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(167.5, 9.4%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.5, 17.1%, 54.9%)
CMYK17.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,638,151
CSS custom property--colour: #748C87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#8B7378

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8987no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#858687no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6E8D8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 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 text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 10Light slate grey · ΔE 13.2Slate grey · ΔE 13.3Cadetblue · ΔE 13.3Dim grey · ΔE 15.3Dark grey · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 10, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C7479
Analogous#748C7B, #74858C
Triadic#87748C, #8C8774
Split complementary#8C7485, #8C7B74
Tetradic#7B748C, #8C7479, #858C74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4E8E7
Lighter +30%#C8D1CF
Lighter +20%#ACBAB7
Lighter +10%#90A39F
Darker −10%#5D706C
Darker −20%#465451
Darker −30%#2F3836
Darker −40%#181C1B
More saturated +25%#54AC9A
Less saturated −25%#808080

Channel breakdown

R116
G140
B135
Red116 (45.5%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue167.5°
Saturation (HSL)9.45%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G 8C · B 87

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