Recognised as Colour

#04749D

#04749D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#04749D is a cyan with RGB values 4, 116, 157 and HSL 196°, 95%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#04749D#04749D

HEX#04749D

RGBrgb(4, 116, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.4549, 0.6157

RGB percentages1.6%, 45.5%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(196.1, 95%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 97.5%, 61.6%)

CMYK97.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer291,997

CSS custom property--colour: #04749D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.26:1

Contrast with white5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#FB8B62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F739Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D669Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Tritanopia#007F82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.7 Slate grey · ΔE 22.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.4 Teal · ΔE 27.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 28.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9D2D04

Analogous#049D79, #04289D

Triadic#9D0474, #749D04

Split complementary#9D0428, #9D7904

Tetradic#79049D, #9D2D04, #289D04

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#72D6FB

Lighter +30%#40C8FA

Lighter +20%#0EBAF9

Lighter +10%#0599CF

Darker −10%#034F6B

Darker −20%#012B3A

Darker −30%#000608

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0076A1

Less saturated −25%#186B89

Channel breakdown

G116

B157

Red4 (1.6%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue196.08°

Saturation (HSL)95.03%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G 74 · B 9D

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