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Recognised as Colour

#0474AA

  • #0474AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0474AA is a cyan with RGB values 4, 116, 170 and HSL 200°, 95%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0474AA#0474AA
HEX#0474AA
RGBrgb(4, 116, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.4549, 0.6667
RGB percentages1.6%, 45.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(199.5, 95.4%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 97.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK97.6%, 31.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer292,010
CSS custom property--colour: #0474AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#FB8B55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A75ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4567A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#008287no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 8Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.1Slate grey · ΔE 27Light slate grey · ΔE 27.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA3A04
Analogous#04AA8D, #0421AA
Triadic#AA0474, #74AA04
Split complementary#AA0421, #AA8D04
Tetradic#8D04AA, #AA3A04, #21AA04

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7ED3FC
Lighter +30%#4CC2FB
Lighter +20%#1AB1FA
Lighter +10%#0596DC
Darker −10%#035278
Darker −20%#023046
Darker −30%#000E15
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0075AE
Less saturated −25%#1A6C94

Channel breakdown

R4
G116
B170
Red4 (1.6%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue199.52°
Saturation (HSL)95.4%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 04 · G 74 · B AA

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