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Recognised as Colour

#006189

  • #006189
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#006189 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 97, 137 and HSL 198°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#006189#006189
HEX#006189
RGBrgb(0, 97, 137)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3804, 0.5373
RGB percentages0%, 38%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(197.5, 100%, 26.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 100%, 53.7%)
CMYK100%, 29.2%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer24,969
CSS custom property--colour: #006189;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#FF9E76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D618Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C5688no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#006B6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.1Slate grey · ΔE 24.2Light slate grey · ΔE 25.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.3Teal · ΔE 30.3Dim grey · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#892800
Analogous#00896D, #001C89
Triadic#890061, #618900
Split complementary#89001C, #896D00
Tetradic#6D0089, #892800, #1C8900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#56CEFF
Lighter +30%#23BFFF
Lighter +20%#00A9EF
Lighter +10%#0085BC
Darker −10%#003D56
Darker −20%#001923
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006189
Less saturated −25%#115A78

Channel breakdown

R0
G97
B137
Red0 (0%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue197.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness26.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 61 · B 89

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