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Recognised as Colour

#004946

  • #004946
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#004946 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 73, 70 and HSL 178°, 100%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#004946#004946
HEX#004946
RGBrgb(0, 73, 70)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2863, 0.2745
RGB percentages0%, 28.6%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(177.5, 100%, 14.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 100%, 28.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 4.1%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer18,758
CSS custom property--colour: #004946;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.29:1
Contrast with white10.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#FFB6B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#444446no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B3E47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004B48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.7Teal · ΔE 23Dim grey · ΔE 27Dark cyan · ΔE 27.3Slate grey · ΔE 32.2Gray · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#490003
Analogous#004922, #002849
Triadic#460049, #494600
Split complementary#490028, #492200
Tetradic#210049, #490003, #274900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#16FFF5
Lighter +30%#00E2D9
Lighter +20%#00AFA8
Lighter +10%#007C77
Darker −10%#001615
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004946
Less saturated −25%#09403E

Channel breakdown

R0
G73
B70
Red0 (0%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue177.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness14.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 49 · B 46

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