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Recognised as Colour

#048CA9

  • #048CA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#048CA9 is a cyan with RGB values 4, 140, 169 and HSL 191°, 95%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#048CA9#048CA9
HEX#048CA9
RGBrgb(4, 140, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.549, 0.6627
RGB percentages1.6%, 54.9%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(190.5, 95.4%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 97.6%, 66.3%)
CMYK97.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer298,153
CSS custom property--colour: #048CA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.33:1
Contrast with white3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.33:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#FB7356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A88ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#677AA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#009595no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 18.1Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4Teal · ΔE 18.4Steel blue · ΔE 18.6Light slate grey · ΔE 22.8Slate grey · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 18.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A92104
Analogous#04A973, #043AA9
Triadic#A9048C, #8CA904
Split complementary#A9043A, #A97304
Tetradic#7304A9, #A92104, #3AA904

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7DE6FC
Lighter +30%#4BDCFB
Lighter +20%#19D2FA
Lighter +10%#05B5DB
Darker −10%#036377
Darker −20%#023945
Darker −30%#001014
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008FAD
Less saturated −25%#1A7E93

Channel breakdown

R4
G140
B169
Red4 (1.6%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue190.55°
Saturation (HSL)95.38%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 04 · G 8C · B A9

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