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Recognised as Colour

#046779

  • #046779
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#046779 is a cyan with RGB values 4, 103, 121 and HSL 189°, 94%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#046779#046779
HEX#046779
RGBrgb(4, 103, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.4039, 0.4745
RGB percentages1.6%, 40.4%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(189.2, 93.6%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 96.7%, 47.5%)
CMYK96.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer288,633
CSS custom property--colour: #046779;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.52:1
Contrast with white6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#FB9886

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B637Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D5979no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#006D6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 16.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.1Dark cyan · ΔE 19.5Slate grey · ΔE 21.6Light slate grey · ΔE 23.4Cadetblue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 16.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#791604
Analogous#047951, #042C79
Triadic#790467, #677904
Split complementary#79042C, #795004
Tetradic#510479, #791604, #2D7904

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#50DFF9
Lighter +30%#1ED6F8
Lighter +20%#07BBDC
Lighter +10%#0691AA
Darker −10%#023D48
Darker −20%#011316
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006A7D
Less saturated −25%#145C69

Channel breakdown

R4
G103
B121
Red4 (1.6%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue189.23°
Saturation (HSL)93.6%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 04 · G 67 · B 79

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