Recognised as Colour
#004246
- #004246
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#004246 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 66, 70 and HSL 183°, 100%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#004246#004246
HEX#004246
RGBrgb(0, 66, 70)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2588, 0.2745
RGB percentages0%, 25.9%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(183.4, 100%, 13.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 100%, 27.5%)
CMYK100%, 5.7%, 0%, 72.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,966
CSS custom property--colour: #004246;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.04339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.24:1
Contrast with white11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#FFBDB9
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#460400
Analogous#004627, #001F46
Triadic#460042, #424600
Split complementary#46001F, #462700
Tetradic#270046, #460400, #1F4600
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G66
B70
Red0 (0%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue183.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness13.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 42 · B 46
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