Colour
#003A38
- #003A38
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#003A38 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 58, 56 and HSL 178°, 100%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#003A38#003A38
HEX#003A38
RGBrgb(0, 58, 56)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2275, 0.2196
RGB percentages0%, 22.7%, 22%
HSLhsl(177.9, 100%, 11.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 100%, 22.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 3.4%, 77.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,904
CSS custom property--colour: #003A38;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.03312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.63:1
Contrast with white12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#FFC5C7
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#3A0002
Analogous#003A1B, #001F3A
Triadic#38003A, #3A3800
Split complementary#3A001F, #3A1B00
Tetradic#1B003A, #3A0002, #1F3A00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G58
B56
Red0 (0%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue177.93°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness11.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3A · B 38
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