Colour

#00749D

#00749D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#00749D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 116, 157 and HSL 196°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#00749D#00749D

HEX#00749D

RGBrgb(0, 116, 157)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4549, 0.6157

RGB percentages0%, 45.5%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(195.7, 100%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 100%, 61.6%)

CMYK100%, 26.1%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer29,853

CSS custom property--colour: #00749D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#FF8B62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F739Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D669Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#007F82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.9 Slate grey · ΔE 22.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.5 Teal · ΔE 27.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 28.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9D2900

Analogous#009D77, #00269D

Triadic#9D0074, #749D00

Split complementary#9D0026, #9D7800

Tetradic#77009D, #9D2900, #259D00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6AD8FF

Lighter +30%#37CBFF

Lighter +20%#04BDFF

Lighter +10%#009AD0

Darker −10%#004E6A

Darker −20%#002937

Darker −30%#000304

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00749D

Less saturated −25%#146B89

Channel breakdown

G116

B157

Red0 (0%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue195.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 74 · B 9D

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Colour values

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