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Recognised as Colour

#458AAA

  • #458AAA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#458AAA is a cyan with RGB values 69, 138, 170 and HSL 199°, 42%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#458AAA#458AAA
HEX#458AAA
RGBrgb(69, 138, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.5412, 0.6667
RGB percentages27.1%, 54.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(199, 42.3%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 59.4%, 66.7%)
CMYK59.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,557,482
CSS custom property--colour: #458AAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.47:1
Contrast with white3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#BA7555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A88ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C7DAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009394no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 12Light slate grey · ΔE 15.9Slate grey · ΔE 16.4Cadetblue · ΔE 19Teal · ΔE 23.3Dark cyan · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA6545
Analogous#45AA98, #4557AA
Triadic#AA458A, #8AAA45
Split complementary#AA4557, #AA9845
Tetradic#9845AA, #AA6545, #57AA45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFE3EC
Lighter +30%#ABCDDD
Lighter +20%#87B8CE
Lighter +10%#63A2BF
Darker −10%#366D86
Darker −20%#284F61
Darker −30%#19323D
Darker −40%#0A1419
More saturated +25%#2795C8
Less saturated −25%#637F8C

Channel breakdown

R69
G138
B170
Red69 (27.1%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue199.01°
Saturation (HSL)42.26%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 8A · B AA

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