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Recognised as Colour

#03495B

  • #03495B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#03495B is a cyan with RGB values 3, 73, 91 and HSL 192°, 94%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#03495B#03495B
HEX#03495B
RGBrgb(3, 73, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.2863, 0.3569
RGB percentages1.2%, 28.6%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(192.3, 93.6%, 18.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.3, 96.7%, 35.7%)
CMYK96.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer215,387
CSS custom property--colour: #03495B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#FCB6A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E475Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#343F5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#004F4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.8Dim grey · ΔE 26Teal · ΔE 27.1Slate grey · ΔE 27.2Light slate grey · ΔE 29.9Steel blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B1503
Analogous#035B41, #031D5B
Triadic#5B0349, #495B03
Split complementary#5B031D, #5B4103
Tetradic#41035B, #5B1503, #1D5B03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#32D0F8
Lighter +30%#08C0EF
Lighter +20%#0698BE
Lighter +10%#05718C
Darker −10%#01212A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004B5E
Less saturated −25%#0F424F

Channel breakdown

R3
G73
B91
Red3 (1.2%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue192.27°
Saturation (HSL)93.62%
Lightness18.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 49 · B 5B

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