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Recognised as Colour

#0380AD

  • #0380AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0380AD is a cyan with RGB values 3, 128, 173 and HSL 196°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0380AD#0380AD
HEX#0380AD
RGBrgb(3, 128, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.502, 0.6784
RGB percentages1.2%, 50.2%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(195.9, 96.6%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.9, 98.3%, 67.8%)
CMYK98.3%, 26%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer229,549
CSS custom property--colour: #0380AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#FC7F52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#697FAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#5571ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#008C8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 24.1Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.3Cadetblue · ΔE 27.8Teal · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD3003
Analogous#03AD85, #032BAD
Triadic#AD0380, #80AD03
Split complementary#AD032B, #AD8503
Tetradic#8503AD, #AD3003, #2BAD03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7FDCFD
Lighter +30%#4DCEFC
Lighter +20%#1BC0FB
Lighter +10%#04A5DF
Darker −10%#025B7B
Darker −20%#013649
Darker −30%#001117
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0081B0
Less saturated −25%#197697

Channel breakdown

R3
G128
B173
Red3 (1.2%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue195.88°
Saturation (HSL)96.59%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 80 · B AD

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