Colour

#00486C

#00486C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#00486C is a blue with RGB values 0, 72, 108 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

#00486C#00486C

HEX#00486C

RGBrgb(0, 72, 108)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2824, 0.4235

RGB percentages0%, 28.2%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(200, 100%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 100%, 42.4%)

CMYK100%, 33.3%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer18,540

CSS custom property--colour: #00486C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.8:1

Contrast with white9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#FFB793

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#36496Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#28406Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Tritanopia#005155no 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 text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.7 Steel blue · ΔE 24.5 Slate grey · ΔE 29 Dim grey · ΔE 31 Light slate grey · ΔE 31.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 23.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C2400

Analogous#006C5A, #00126C

Triadic#6C0048, #486C00

Split complementary#6C0012, #6C5A00

Tetradic#5A006C, #6C2400, #126C00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#39BDFF

Lighter +30%#06ACFF

Lighter +20%#008CD2

Lighter +10%#006A9F

Darker −10%#002639

Darker −20%#000406

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00486C

Less saturated −25%#0E435F

Channel breakdown

G72

B108

Red0 (0%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 48 · B 6C

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