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Recognised as Colour

#004956

  • #004956
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#004956 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 73, 86 and HSL 189°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#004956#004956
HEX#004956
RGBrgb(0, 73, 86)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2863, 0.3373
RGB percentages0%, 28.6%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(189.1, 100%, 16.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.1, 100%, 33.7%)
CMYK100%, 15.1%, 0%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer18,774
CSS custom property--colour: #004956;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#FFB6A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#404657no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#353F56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#004E4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.6Teal · ΔE 25.3Dim grey · ΔE 25.8Slate grey · ΔE 28Dark cyan · ΔE 29.4Light slate grey · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#560D00
Analogous#005638, #001E56
Triadic#560049, #495600
Split complementary#56001E, #563800
Tetradic#380056, #560D00, #1E5600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#23DEFF
Lighter +30%#00CBEF
Lighter +20%#00A0BC
Lighter +10%#007489
Darker −10%#001E23
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004956
Less saturated −25%#0B424B

Channel breakdown

R0
G73
B86
Red0 (0%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue189.07°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness16.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 49 · B 56

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