Colour

#247C97

#247C97
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#247C97 is a cyan with RGB values 36, 124, 151 and HSL 194°, 61%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#247C97#247C97

HEX#247C97

RGBrgb(36, 124, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.4863, 0.5922

RGB percentages14.1%, 48.6%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(194.1, 61.5%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 76.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK76.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,391,191

CSS custom property--colour: #247C97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#DB8368

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D7998no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D6E97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#008485no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.4 Teal · ΔE 18.5 Slate grey · ΔE 18.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#973F24

Analogous#249779, #244397

Triadic#97247C, #7C9724

Split complementary#972443, #977924

Tetradic#792497, #973F24, #439724

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9FD7E8

Lighter +30%#76C6DE

Lighter +20%#4DB5D4

Lighter +10%#2E9EC0

Darker −10%#1A5A6E

Darker −20%#103845

Darker −30%#07171B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0D88AE

Less saturated −25%#3B7080

Channel breakdown

R36

G124

B151

Red36 (14.1%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue194.09°

Saturation (HSL)61.5%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 24 · G 7C · B 97

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