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Colour

#00496D

  • #00496D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#00496D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 73, 109 and HSL 200°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#00496D#00496D
HEX#00496D
RGBrgb(0, 73, 109)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2863, 0.4275
RGB percentages0%, 28.6%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(199.8, 100%, 21.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.8, 100%, 42.7%)
CMYK100%, 33%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer18,797
CSS custom property--colour: #00496D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#FFB692

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#374A6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#29406Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#005256no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.6Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Slate grey · ΔE 28.7Dim grey · ΔE 30.9Light slate grey · ΔE 31Dark slateblue · ΔE 35
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 23.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D2400
Analogous#006D5A, #00136D
Triadic#6D0049, #496D00
Split complementary#6D0013, #6D5B00
Tetradic#5A006D, #6D2400, #126D00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3ABEFF
Lighter +30%#07ADFF
Lighter +20%#008DD3
Lighter +10%#006BA0
Darker −10%#00273A
Darker −20%#000507
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00496D
Less saturated −25%#0E445F

Channel breakdown

R0
G73
B109
Red0 (0%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue199.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness21.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 49 · B 6D

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