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Recognised as Colour

#00486E

  • #00486E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#00486E is a blue with RGB values 0, 72, 110 and HSL 201°, 100%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#00486E#00486E
HEX#00486E
RGBrgb(0, 72, 110)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2824, 0.4314
RGB percentages0%, 28.2%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(200.7, 100%, 21.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.7, 100%, 43.1%)
CMYK100%, 34.5%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer18,542
CSS custom property--colour: #00486E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.76:1
Contrast with white9.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#FFB791

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#364970no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#27406Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005256no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 25Slate grey · ΔE 29.4Light slate grey · ΔE 31.7Dim grey · ΔE 31.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 24.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E2600
Analogous#006E5D, #00116E
Triadic#6E0048, #486E00
Split complementary#6E0011, #6E5D00
Tetradic#5D006E, #6E2600, #116E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3BBBFF
Lighter +30%#08AAFF
Lighter +20%#008BD4
Lighter +10%#0069A1
Darker −10%#00273B
Darker −20%#000508
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00486E
Less saturated −25%#0E4460

Channel breakdown

R0
G72
B110
Red0 (0%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue200.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness21.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 48 · B 6E

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