Recognised as Colour

#46677E

#46677E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#46677E is a blue with RGB values 70, 103, 126 and HSL 205°, 29%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#46677E

RGBrgb(70, 103, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.4039, 0.4941

RGB percentages27.5%, 40.4%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(204.6, 28.6%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204.6, 44.4%, 49.4%)

CMYK44.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,614,014

CSS custom property--colour: #46677E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6:1

Contrast with white6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#B99881

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D677Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#55617Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Tritanopia#306D6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 12.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 15.3 Dim grey · ΔE 17.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.9 Steel blue · ΔE 18.9 Gray · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 12.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E5D46

Analogous#467E79, #464B7E

Triadic#7E4667, #677E46

Split complementary#7E464B, #7E7946

Tetradic#79467E, #7E5D46, #4B7E46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B8CBD8

Lighter +30%#98B3C5

Lighter +20%#779AB3

Lighter +10%#58829F

Darker −10%#344C5D

Darker −20%#22313C

Darker −30%#0F171C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2E6B97

Less saturated −25%#5F6366

Channel breakdown

R70

G103

B126

Red70 (27.5%)

Green103 (40.4%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue204.64°

Saturation (HSL)28.57%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 67 · B 7E

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