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Recognised as Colour

#264A4E

  • #264A4E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#264A4E is a cyan with RGB values 38, 74, 78 and HSL 186°, 34%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#264A4E#264A4E
HEX#264A4E
RGBrgb(38, 74, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.2902, 0.3059
RGB percentages14.9%, 29%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(186, 34.5%, 22.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186, 51.3%, 30.6%)
CMYK51.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,509,390
CSS custom property--colour: #264A4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.67:1
Contrast with white9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#D9B5B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#45474Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E424Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#114D4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 3.5Dim grey · ΔE 20.3Teal · ΔE 25.8Slate grey · ΔE 26Gray · ΔE 27.9Light slate grey · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.47, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E2A26
Analogous#264E3E, #26364E
Triadic#4E264A, #4A4E26
Split complementary#4E2636, #4E3E26
Tetradic#3E264E, #4E2A26, #364E26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7FBAC1
Lighter +30%#5DA8B0
Lighter +20%#478B93
Lighter +10%#376B70
Darker −10%#15292C
Darker −20%#050909
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#18565D
Less saturated −25%#353E40

Channel breakdown

R38
G74
B78
Red38 (14.9%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue186°
Saturation (HSL)34.48%
Lightness22.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 4A · B 4E

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