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Recognised as Colour

#00699B

  • #00699B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#00699B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 105, 155 and HSL 199°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#00699B#00699B
HEX#00699B
RGBrgb(0, 105, 155)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4118, 0.6078
RGB percentages0%, 41.2%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(199.4, 100%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 100%, 60.8%)
CMYK100%, 32.3%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer27,035
CSS custom property--colour: #00699B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.01:1
Contrast with white6.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#FF9664

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#516A9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#3D5D9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00767Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.9Slate grey · ΔE 26.4Light slate grey · ΔE 27.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B3200
Analogous#009B80, #001B9B
Triadic#9B0069, #699B00
Split complementary#9B001B, #9B8000
Tetradic#80009B, #9B3200, #1B9B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#68CEFF
Lighter +30%#35BEFF
Lighter +20%#02ADFF
Lighter +10%#008CCE
Darker −10%#004668
Darker −20%#002435
Darker −30%#000102
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00699B
Less saturated −25%#136288

Channel breakdown

R0
G105
B155
Red0 (0%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue199.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 69 · B 9B

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