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Recognised as Colour

#026E8B

  • #026E8B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#026E8B is a cyan with RGB values 2, 110, 139 and HSL 193°, 97%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#026E8B#026E8B
HEX#026E8B
RGBrgb(2, 110, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.4314, 0.5451
RGB percentages0.8%, 43.1%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(192.7, 97.2%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 98.6%, 54.5%)
CMYK98.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer159,371
CSS custom property--colour: #026E8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#FD9174

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E6B8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E608Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#007778no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 17.3Teal · ΔE 20.8Slate grey · ΔE 21Light slate grey · ΔE 22.2Dark cyan · ΔE 22.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 17.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B1F02
Analogous#028B63, #022A8B
Triadic#8B026E, #6E8B02
Split complementary#8B022A, #8B6302
Tetradic#63028B, #8B1F02, #2A8B02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5CDBFD
Lighter +30%#2AD0FC
Lighter +20%#03BEF0
Lighter +10%#0396BD
Darker −10%#014659
Darker −20%#011E26
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006F8D
Less saturated −25%#146479

Channel breakdown

R2
G110
B139
Red2 (0.8%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue192.7°
Saturation (HSL)97.16%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 6E · B 8B

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