Colour

#004E6C

#004E6C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#004E6C is a cyan with RGB values 0, 78, 108 and HSL 197°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#004E6C#004E6C

HEX#004E6C

RGBrgb(0, 78, 108)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3059, 0.4235

RGB percentages0%, 30.6%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(196.7, 100%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 100%, 42.4%)

CMYK100%, 27.8%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer20,076

CSS custom property--colour: #004E6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.11:1

Contrast with white9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#FFB193

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F4D6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#32446Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005658no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.6 Steel blue · ΔE 24 Slate grey · ΔE 26.3 Dim grey · ΔE 28.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.7 Teal · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 19.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C1E00

Analogous#006C54, #00186C

Triadic#6C004E, #4E6C00

Split complementary#6C0018, #6C5400

Tetradic#54006C, #6C1E00, #186C00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#39C8FF

Lighter +30%#06BAFF

Lighter +20%#0098D2

Lighter +10%#00739F

Darker −10%#002939

Darker −20%#000406

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#004E6C

Less saturated −25%#0E485F

Channel breakdown

G78

B108

Red0 (0%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue196.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 4E · B 6C

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Colour values

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