Recognised as Colour

#40626F

#40626F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#40626F is a cyan with RGB values 64, 98, 111 and HSL 197°, 27%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#40626F#40626F

HEX#40626F

RGBrgb(64, 98, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.3843, 0.4353

RGB percentages25.1%, 38.4%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(196.6, 26.9%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 42.3%, 43.5%)

CMYK42.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,219,503

CSS custom property--colour: #40626F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.57:1

Contrast with white6.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#BF9D90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B6070no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#545B6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Tritanopia#2D6666no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 11.6 Slate grey · ΔE 14.8 Dim grey · ΔE 14.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 17.6 Gray · ΔE 19.9 Teal · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F4D40

Analogous#406F65, #404A6F

Triadic#6F4062, #626F40

Split complementary#6F404A, #6F6540

Tetradic#65406F, #6F4D40, #4B6F40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ACC5CF

Lighter +30%#8CAFBC

Lighter +20%#6B98AA

Lighter +10%#537F8F

Darker −10%#2D454F

Darker −20%#1B292E

Darker −30%#080C0E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2A6C85

Less saturated −25%#565859

Channel breakdown

R64

G98

B111

Red64 (25.1%)

Green98 (38.4%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue196.6°

Saturation (HSL)26.86%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 62 · B 6F

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