Colour

#003B53

#003B53
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#003B53 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 59, 83 and HSL 197°, 100%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#003B53#003B53

HEX#003B53

RGBrgb(0, 59, 83)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2314, 0.3255

RGB percentages0%, 23.1%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(197.3, 100%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.3, 100%, 32.5%)

CMYK100%, 28.9%, 0%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,187

CSS custom property--colour: #003B53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12:1

Contrast with white12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#FFC4AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F3A54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#243353no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Tritanopia#004143no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.3 Dim grey · ΔE 29.9 Black · ΔE 30.8 Slate grey · ΔE 31.7 Steel blue · ΔE 32.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 18.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#531800

Analogous#005341, #001253

Triadic#53003B, #3B5300

Split complementary#530012, #534100

Tetradic#410053, #531800, #125300

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#20BFFF

Lighter +30%#00A8EC

Lighter +20%#0084B9

Lighter +10%#005F86

Darker −10%#001720

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003B53

Less saturated −25%#0A3749

Channel breakdown

G59

B83

Red0 (0%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue197.35°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness16.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3B · B 53

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