Recognised as Colour
#004D6E
- #004D6E
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#004D6E is a cyan with RGB values 0, 77, 110 and HSL 198°, 100%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#004D6E#004D6E
HEX#004D6E
RGBrgb(0, 77, 110)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.302, 0.4314
RGB percentages0%, 30.2%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(198, 100%, 21.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 100%, 43.1%)
CMYK100%, 30%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer19,822
CSS custom property--colour: #004D6E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.06434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#FFB291
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6E2100
Analogous#006E58, #00166E
Triadic#6E004D, #4D6E00
Split complementary#6E0016, #6E5800
Tetradic#58006E, #6E2100, #166E00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G77
B110
Red0 (0%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue198°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness21.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 4D · B 6E
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