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Recognised as Colour

#026F8D

  • #026F8D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#026F8D is a cyan with RGB values 2, 111, 141 and HSL 193°, 97%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#026F8D#026F8D
HEX#026F8D
RGBrgb(2, 111, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.4353, 0.5529
RGB percentages0.8%, 43.5%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(192.9, 97.2%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 98.6%, 55.3%)
CMYK98.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer159,629
CSS custom property--colour: #026F8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#FD9072

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E6D8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E618Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#007879no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.7Slate grey · ΔE 21Teal · ΔE 21.2Light slate grey · ΔE 22.2Dark cyan · ΔE 23.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D2002
Analogous#028D66, #02298D
Triadic#8D026F, #6F8D02
Split complementary#8D0229, #8D6602
Tetradic#66028D, #8D2002, #298D02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5EDBFD
Lighter +30%#2CCFFC
Lighter +20%#03BEF2
Lighter +10%#0397BF
Darker −10%#01475B
Darker −20%#012028
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00708F
Less saturated −25%#14657B

Channel breakdown

R2
G111
B141
Red2 (0.8%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue192.95°
Saturation (HSL)97.2%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 6F · B 8D

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