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Recognised as Colour

#464B5C

  • #464B5C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#464B5C is a blue with RGB values 70, 75, 92 and HSL 226°, 14%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#464B5C#464B5C
HEX#464B5C
RGBrgb(70, 75, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.2941, 0.3608
RGB percentages27.5%, 29.4%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(226.4, 13.6%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.4, 23.9%, 36.1%)
CMYK23.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,606,812
CSS custom property--colour: #464B5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.67:1
Contrast with white8.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#B9B4A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#464C5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#444B5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#414E51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.6Dim grey · ΔE 16.5Slate grey · ΔE 21.2Gray · ΔE 24.1Light slate grey · ΔE 24.3Steel blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 15.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C5746
Analogous#46565C, #4C465C
Triadic#5C464B, #4B5C46
Split complementary#5C4C46, #565C46
Tetradic#5C4656, #5C5746, #465C4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADB2C1
Lighter +30%#9096AB
Lighter +20%#737B95
Lighter +10%#5C6379
Darker −10%#30333F
Darker −20%#1A1C22
Darker −30%#040405
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#324070
Less saturated −25%#515151

Channel breakdown

R70
G75
B92
Red70 (27.5%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue226.36°
Saturation (HSL)13.58%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 4B · B 5C

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