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Recognised as Colour

#748C8A

  • #748C8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Gray

#748C8A is a cyan with RGB values 116, 140, 138 and HSL 175°, 9%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#748C8A#748C8A
HEX#748C8A
RGBrgb(116, 140, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.549, 0.5412
RGB percentages45.5%, 54.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(175, 9.4%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175, 17.1%, 54.9%)
CMYK17.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,638,154
CSS custom property--colour: #748C8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#8B7375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#89898Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#84868Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6D8D8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 9.6Light slate grey · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 11.7Cadetblue · ΔE 13Dim grey · ΔE 15.1Dark grey · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C7476
Analogous#748C7E, #74828C
Triadic#8A748C, #8C8A74
Split complementary#8C7482, #8C7E74
Tetradic#7E748C, #8C7476, #828C74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4E8E8
Lighter +30%#C8D1D0
Lighter +20%#ACBAB9
Lighter +10%#90A3A1
Darker −10%#5D706F
Darker −20%#465453
Darker −30%#2F3838
Darker −40%#181C1C
More saturated +25%#54ACA4
Less saturated −25%#808080

Channel breakdown

R116
G140
B138
Red116 (45.5%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue175°
Saturation (HSL)9.45%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G 8C · B 8A

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