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Recognised as Colour

#02729C

  • #02729C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#02729C is a cyan with RGB values 2, 114, 156 and HSL 196°, 97%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#02729C#02729C
HEX#02729C
RGBrgb(2, 114, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.4471, 0.6118
RGB percentages0.8%, 44.7%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(196.4, 97.5%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 98.7%, 61.2%)
CMYK98.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer160,412
CSS custom property--colour: #02729C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.4:1
Contrast with white5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#FD8D63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D719Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A659Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#007D80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.6Slate grey · ΔE 23.1Light slate grey · ΔE 23.8Teal · ΔE 28.2Cadetblue · ΔE 29.3Dark cyan · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C2C02
Analogous#029C79, #02259C
Triadic#9C0272, #729C02
Split complementary#9C0225, #9C7902
Tetradic#79029C, #9C2C02, #259C02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6DD6FD
Lighter +30%#3BC8FC
Lighter +20%#08B9FC
Lighter +10%#0397CE
Darker −10%#014D6A
Darker −20%#012837
Darker −30%#000405
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00739E
Less saturated −25%#166988

Channel breakdown

R2
G114
B156
Red2 (0.8%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)97.47%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 72 · B 9C

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