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Recognised as Colour

#015E8A

  • #015E8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#015E8A is a cyan with RGB values 1, 94, 138 and HSL 199°, 99%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#015E8A#015E8A
HEX#015E8A
RGBrgb(1, 94, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.3686, 0.5412
RGB percentages0.4%, 36.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(199.3, 98.6%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 99.3%, 54.1%)
CMYK99.3%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer89,738
CSS custom property--colour: #015E8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.07:1
Contrast with white7.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#FEA175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#495F8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#375389no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00696Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.1Slate grey · ΔE 25.8Light slate grey · ΔE 27.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.4Dim grey · ΔE 32.3Teal · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A2D01
Analogous#018A72, #01198A
Triadic#8A015E, #5E8A01
Split complementary#8A0119, #8A7201
Tetradic#72018A, #8A2D01, #198A01

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#59C9FE
Lighter +30%#27B8FD
Lighter +20%#02A3EF
Lighter +10%#0180BD
Darker −10%#013C57
Darker −20%#001925
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005E8B
Less saturated −25%#125879

Channel breakdown

R1
G94
B138
Red1 (0.4%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue199.27°
Saturation (HSL)98.56%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 01 · G 5E · B 8A

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