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Recognised as Colour

#037EAB

  • #037EAB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#037EAB is a cyan with RGB values 3, 126, 171 and HSL 196°, 97%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#037EAB#037EAB
HEX#037EAB
RGBrgb(3, 126, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4941, 0.6706
RGB percentages1.2%, 49.4%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(196.1, 96.6%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 98.2%, 67.1%)
CMYK98.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer229,035
CSS custom property--colour: #037EAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#FC8154

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#677DADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#536FAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#008A8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 8.9Slate grey · ΔE 24Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 26Cadetblue · ΔE 28.2Teal · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB3003
Analogous#03AB84, #032AAB
Triadic#AB037E, #7EAB03
Split complementary#AB032A, #AB8403
Tetradic#8403AB, #AB3003, #2AAB03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7DDBFD
Lighter +30%#4BCDFC
Lighter +20%#19BEFB
Lighter +10%#04A3DD
Darker −10%#025979
Darker −20%#013447
Darker −30%#000F15
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#007FAE
Less saturated −25%#197495

Channel breakdown

R3
G126
B171
Red3 (1.2%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue196.07°
Saturation (HSL)96.55%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 7E · B AB

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