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Recognised as Colour

#00608B

  • #00608B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#00608B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 96, 139 and HSL 199°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#00608B#00608B
HEX#00608B
RGBrgb(0, 96, 139)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3765, 0.5451
RGB percentages0%, 37.6%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(198.6, 100%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.6, 100%, 54.5%)
CMYK100%, 30.9%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer24,715
CSS custom property--colour: #00608B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.89:1
Contrast with white6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#FF9F74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B608Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A558Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#006B6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.7Slate grey · ΔE 25.2Light slate grey · ΔE 26.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 28Dim grey · ΔE 31.9Teal · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B2B00
Analogous#008B71, #001A8B
Triadic#8B0060, #608B00
Split complementary#8B001A, #8B7100
Tetradic#71008B, #8B2B00, #1A8B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#58CBFF
Lighter +30%#25BCFF
Lighter +20%#00A6F1
Lighter +10%#0083BE
Darker −10%#003D58
Darker −20%#001A25
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00608B
Less saturated −25%#11597A

Channel breakdown

R0
G96
B139
Red0 (0%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue198.56°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 60 · B 8B

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