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Recognised as Colour

#00486B

  • #00486B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#00486B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 72, 107 and HSL 200°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#00486B#00486B
HEX#00486B
RGBrgb(0, 72, 107)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2824, 0.4196
RGB percentages0%, 28.2%, 42%
HSLhsl(199.6, 100%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.6, 100%, 42%)
CMYK100%, 32.7%, 0%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer18,539
CSS custom property--colour: #00486B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#FFB794

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#37486Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#29406Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#005154no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.1Steel blue · ΔE 24.7Slate grey · ΔE 28.8Dim grey · ΔE 30.7Light slate grey · ΔE 31.1Teal · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 23.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B2300
Analogous#006B58, #00136B
Triadic#6B0048, #486B00
Split complementary#6B0013, #6B5800
Tetradic#58006B, #6B2300, #136B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#38BEFF
Lighter +30%#05ADFF
Lighter +20%#008DD1
Lighter +10%#006A9E
Darker −10%#002638
Darker −20%#000305
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00486B
Less saturated −25%#0D435E

Channel breakdown

R0
G72
B107
Red0 (0%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue199.63°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 48 · B 6B

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