Colour

#00394B

#00394B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#00394B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 57, 75 and HSL 194°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#00394B#00394B

HEX#00394B

RGBrgb(0, 57, 75)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2235, 0.2941

RGB percentages0%, 22.4%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(194.4, 100%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 100%, 29.4%)

CMYK100%, 24%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,667

CSS custom property--colour: #00394B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.45:1

Contrast with white12.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#FFC6B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F384Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#26314Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#003E3Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.6 Black · ΔE 28.4 Dim grey · ΔE 29.2 Slate grey · ΔE 32.4 Teal · ΔE 33.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 15.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B1200

Analogous#004B37, #00144B

Triadic#4B0039, #394B00

Split complementary#4B0014, #4B3700

Tetradic#37004B, #4B1200, #144B00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#18C8FF

Lighter +30%#00ADE4

Lighter +20%#0087B1

Lighter +10%#00607E

Darker −10%#001218

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00394B

Less saturated −25%#093442

Channel breakdown

G57

B75

Red0 (0%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue194.4°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 39 · B 4B

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