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Recognised as Colour

#007AB3

  • #007AB3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#007AB3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 122, 179 and HSL 199°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#007AB3#007AB3
HEX#007AB3
RGBrgb(0, 122, 179)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4784, 0.702
RGB percentages0%, 47.8%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(199.1, 100%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 100%, 70.2%)
CMYK100%, 31.8%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer31,411
CSS custom property--colour: #007AB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.74:1
Contrast with white4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#FF854C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E7BB5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#486DB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00888Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 7.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.7Slate grey · ΔE 28.2Light slate grey · ΔE 28.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B33900
Analogous#00B393, #0020B3
Triadic#B3007A, #7AB300
Split complementary#B30020, #B39300
Tetradic#9300B3, #B33900, #20B300

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#80D7FF
Lighter +30%#4DC6FF
Lighter +20%#1AB6FF
Lighter +10%#009DE6
Darker −10%#005780
Darker −20%#00344D
Darker −30%#00121A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#007AB3
Less saturated −25%#16729D

Channel breakdown

R0
G122
B179
Red0 (0%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue199.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 7A · B B3

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