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Recognised as Colour

#264A4F

  • #264A4F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#264A4F is a cyan with RGB values 38, 74, 79 and HSL 187°, 35%, 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

#264A4F#264A4F
HEX#264A4F
RGBrgb(38, 74, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.2902, 0.3098
RGB percentages14.9%, 29%, 31%
HSLhsl(187.3, 35%, 22.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.3, 51.9%, 31%)
CMYK51.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,509,391
CSS custom property--colour: #264A4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#D9B5B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#45474Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E424Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#104D4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 3.9Dim grey · ΔE 20.3Slate grey · ΔE 25.7Teal · ΔE 26Gray · ΔE 27.9Light slate grey · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.94, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4F2B26
Analogous#264F3F, #26364F
Triadic#4F264A, #4A4F26
Split complementary#4F2636, #4F3F26
Tetradic#3F264F, #4F2B26, #364F26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7FBAC2
Lighter +30%#5DA7B1
Lighter +20%#478B94
Lighter +10%#376A71
Darker −10%#152A2D
Darker −20%#05090A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#17555E
Less saturated −25%#353F40

Channel breakdown

R38
G74
B79
Red38 (14.9%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue187.32°
Saturation (HSL)35.04%
Lightness22.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 4A · B 4F

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