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Recognised as Colour

#408EA9

  • #408EA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#408EA9 is a cyan with RGB values 64, 142, 169 and HSL 195°, 45%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#408EA9#408EA9
HEX#408EA9
RGBrgb(64, 142, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.5569, 0.6627
RGB percentages25.1%, 55.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(195.4, 45.1%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.4, 62.1%, 66.3%)
CMYK62.1%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,230,825
CSS custom property--colour: #408EA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.66:1
Contrast with white3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#BF7156

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F8BAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7080A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#009697no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 15.7Steel blue · ΔE 16.1Light slate grey · ΔE 16.9Slate grey · ΔE 17.4Dark cyan · ΔE 19.7Teal · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 15.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A95B40
Analogous#40A990, #4059A9
Triadic#A9408E, #8EA940
Split complementary#A9405A, #A99040
Tetradic#9040A9, #A95B40, #59A940

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAE2EB
Lighter +30%#A5CFDD
Lighter +20%#80BBCF
Lighter +10%#5BA7C1
Darker −10%#326F84
Darker −20%#24505F
Darker −30%#16313A
Darker −40%#081215
More saturated +25%#239CC6
Less saturated −25%#5D808C

Channel breakdown

R64
G142
B169
Red64 (25.1%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue195.43°
Saturation (HSL)45.06%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G 8E · B A9

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