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Recognised as Colour

#046F73

  • #046F73
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#046F73 is a cyan with RGB values 4, 111, 115 and HSL 182°, 93%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#046F73#046F73
HEX#046F73
RGBrgb(4, 111, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.4353, 0.451
RGB percentages1.6%, 43.5%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(182.2, 93.3%, 23.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.2, 96.5%, 45.1%)
CMYK96.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer290,675
CSS custom property--colour: #046F73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#FB908C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#666973no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#585F73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#007470no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 7.6Dark cyan · ΔE 11.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.8Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7Slate grey · ΔE 24.7Light slate grey · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#730804
Analogous#047340, #043773
Triadic#73046F, #6F7304
Split complementary#730437, #734004
Tetradic#400473, #730804, #377304

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4AF2F9
Lighter +30%#19EFF7
Lighter +20%#07CED6
Lighter +10%#069FA4
Darker −10%#023F42
Darker −20%#011010
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#007377
Less saturated −25%#136164

Channel breakdown

R4
G111
B115
Red4 (1.6%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue182.16°
Saturation (HSL)93.28%
Lightness23.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 04 · G 6F · B 73

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