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Recognised as Colour

#3091AE

  • #3091AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#3091AE is a cyan with RGB values 48, 145, 174 and HSL 194°, 57%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#3091AE#3091AE
HEX#3091AE
RGBrgb(48, 145, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.5686, 0.6824
RGB percentages18.8%, 56.9%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(193.8, 56.8%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 72.4%, 68.2%)
CMYK72.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,183,022
CSS custom property--colour: #3091AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#CF6E51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#808DB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F81AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009A9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 16.8Steel blue · ΔE 17Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3Teal · ΔE 19.8Light slate grey · ΔE 20.1Slate grey · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 16.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE4D30
Analogous#30AE8C, #3052AE
Triadic#AE3091, #91AE30
Split complementary#AE3052, #AE8C30
Tetradic#8C30AE, #AE4D30, #52AE30

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDE2ED
Lighter +30%#95D0E2
Lighter +20%#6DBED7
Lighter +10%#45ADCC
Darker −10%#257086
Darker −20%#1A4E5E
Darker −30%#0F2D36
Darker −40%#040C0E
More saturated +25%#14A0CA
Less saturated −25%#4C8292

Channel breakdown

R48
G145
B174
Red48 (18.8%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue193.81°
Saturation (HSL)56.76%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 30 · G 91 · B AE

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