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Recognised as Colour

#0073AC

  • #0073AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0073AC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 115, 172 and HSL 200°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0073AC#0073AC
HEX#0073AC
RGBrgb(0, 115, 172)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.451, 0.6745
RGB percentages0%, 45.1%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(199.9, 100%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.9, 100%, 67.5%)
CMYK100%, 33.1%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer29,612
CSS custom property--colour: #0073AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#FF8C53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5774AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4167ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 8.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7Slate grey · ΔE 28.4Light slate grey · ΔE 28.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC3900
Analogous#00AC8F, #001DAC
Triadic#AC0073, #73AC00
Split complementary#AC001D, #AC8F00
Tetradic#8F00AC, #AC3900, #1DAC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#79D3FF
Lighter +30%#46C2FF
Lighter +20%#13B1FF
Lighter +10%#0095DF
Darker −10%#005179
Darker −20%#002F46
Darker −30%#000D13
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0073AC
Less saturated −25%#166C97

Channel breakdown

R0
G115
B172
Red0 (0%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue199.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 73 · B AC

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