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Recognised as Colour

#004F6E

  • #004F6E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#004F6E is a cyan with RGB values 0, 79, 110 and HSL 197°, 100%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#004F6E#004F6E
HEX#004F6E
RGBrgb(0, 79, 110)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3098, 0.4314
RGB percentages0%, 31%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(196.9, 100%, 21.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 100%, 43.1%)
CMYK100%, 28.2%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer20,334
CSS custom property--colour: #004F6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.96:1
Contrast with white8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#FFB091

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F4E6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#32456Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00575Ano 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 text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.2Steel blue · ΔE 23.4Slate grey · ΔE 26.1Dim grey · ΔE 28.5Light slate grey · ΔE 28.5Teal · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 20.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E1F00
Analogous#006E56, #00186E
Triadic#6E004F, #4F6E00
Split complementary#6E0018, #6E5600
Tetradic#56006E, #6E1F00, #186E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3BC8FF
Lighter +30%#08B9FF
Lighter +20%#0098D4
Lighter +10%#0074A1
Darker −10%#002A3B
Darker −20%#000608
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004F6E
Less saturated −25%#0E4960

Channel breakdown

R0
G79
B110
Red0 (0%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue196.91°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness21.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 4F · B 6E

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