Colour

#00242F

#00242F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#00242F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 36, 47 and HSL 194°, 100%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00242F#00242F

HEX#00242F

RGBrgb(0, 36, 47)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1412, 0.1843

RGB percentages0%, 14.1%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(194, 100%, 9.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194, 100%, 18.4%)

CMYK100%, 23.4%, 0%, 81.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,263

CSS custom property--colour: #00242F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.24:1

Contrast with white16.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#FFDBD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E2330no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#171E2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#002728no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 18.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.5 Dim grey · ΔE 34.7 Slate grey · ΔE 40.8 Teal · ΔE 41.6 Gray · ΔE 43.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 18.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2F0B00

Analogous#002F22, #000D2F

Triadic#2F0024, #242F00

Split complementary#2F000D, #2F2300

Tetradic#22002F, #2F0B00, #0C2F00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#00C0FB

Lighter +30%#0099C8

Lighter +20%#007295

Lighter +10%#004B62

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00242F

Less saturated −25%#062129

Channel breakdown

G36

B47

Red0 (0%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue194.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness9.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 24 · B 2F

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