Colour

#00749F

#00749F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#00749F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 116, 159 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

#00749F#00749F

HEX#00749F

RGBrgb(0, 116, 159)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4549, 0.6235

RGB percentages0%, 45.5%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(196.2, 100%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 100%, 62.4%)

CMYK100%, 27%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer29,855

CSS custom property--colour: #00749F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.25:1

Contrast with white5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#FF8B60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E73A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B669Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Tritanopia#007F83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.1 Slate grey · ΔE 23.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 24 Teal · ΔE 28.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 29.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9F2B00

Analogous#009F7B, #00249F

Triadic#9F0074, #749F00

Split complementary#9F0024, #9F7B00

Tetradic#7B009F, #9F2B00, #249F00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6CD7FF

Lighter +30%#39C9FF

Lighter +20%#06BCFF

Lighter +10%#0099D2

Darker −10%#004F6C

Darker −20%#002A39

Darker −30%#000406

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00749F

Less saturated −25%#146B8B

Channel breakdown

G116

B159

Red0 (0%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue196.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 74 · B 9F

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