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Recognised as Colour

#286C84

  • #286C84
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#286C84 is a cyan with RGB values 40, 108, 132 and HSL 196°, 53%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#286C84#286C84
HEX#286C84
RGBrgb(40, 108, 132)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.4235, 0.5176
RGB percentages15.7%, 42.4%, 51.8%
HSLhsl(195.7, 53.5%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 69.7%, 51.8%)
CMYK69.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,649,220
CSS custom property--colour: #286C84;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#D7937B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F6A85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#526084no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#007374no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.5Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.4Teal · ΔE 20.1Dark cyan · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 17.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#844028
Analogous#28846E, #283E84
Triadic#84286C, #6C8428
Split complementary#84283E, #846E28
Tetradic#6E2884, #844028, #3E8428

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#98CDE0
Lighter +30%#71BAD4
Lighter +20%#4AA7C8
Lighter +10%#348CAB
Darker −10%#1C4C5D
Darker −20%#102C36
Darker −30%#040C0F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#12769A
Less saturated −25%#3E626F

Channel breakdown

R40
G108
B132
Red40 (15.7%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue132 (51.8%)
Hue195.65°
Saturation (HSL)53.49%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 28 · G 6C · B 84

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