Colour

#00485F

#00485F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#00485F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 72, 95 and HSL 195°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#00485F#00485F

HEX#00485F

RGBrgb(0, 72, 95)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2824, 0.3725

RGB percentages0%, 28.2%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(194.5, 100%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 100%, 37.3%)

CMYK100%, 24.2%, 0%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer18,527

CSS custom property--colour: #00485F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.04:1

Contrast with white10.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#FFB7A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C4760no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#303F5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Tritanopia#004F50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.7 Dim grey · ΔE 27.2 Slate grey · ΔE 27.5 Steel blue · ΔE 28.5 Teal · ΔE 29.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 15.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F1700

Analogous#005F46, #00195F

Triadic#5F0048, #485F00

Split complementary#5F0019, #5F4600

Tetradic#46005F, #5F1700, #195F00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2CCCFF

Lighter +30%#00BCF8

Lighter +20%#0095C5

Lighter +10%#006F92

Darker −10%#00212C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00485F

Less saturated −25%#0C4253

Channel breakdown

G72

B95

Red0 (0%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue194.53°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 48 · B 5F

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