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Recognised as Colour

#027AA9

  • #027AA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#027AA9 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 122, 169 and HSL 197°, 98%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#027AA9#027AA9
HEX#027AA9
RGBrgb(2, 122, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.4784, 0.6627
RGB percentages0.8%, 47.8%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(196.9, 97.7%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 98.8%, 66.3%)
CMYK98.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer162,473
CSS custom property--colour: #027AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#FD8556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6379ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F6CA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00868Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 8.2Slate grey · ΔE 24.5Light slate grey · ΔE 24.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.5Cadetblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A93102
Analogous#02A984, #0226A9
Triadic#A9027A, #7AA902
Split complementary#A90227, #A98402
Tetradic#8402A9, #A93102, #26A902

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7AD8FD
Lighter +30%#47CAFD
Lighter +20%#15BBFC
Lighter +10%#039EDB
Darker −10%#015677
Darker −20%#013144
Darker −30%#000D12
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#007BAB
Less saturated −25%#177194

Channel breakdown

R2
G122
B169
Red2 (0.8%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue196.89°
Saturation (HSL)97.66%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 7A · B A9

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