Recognised as Colour
#003C24
- #003C24
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#003C24 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 60, 36 and HSL 156°, 100%, 12%. 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
#003C24#003C24
HEX#003C24
RGBrgb(0, 60, 36)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.1412
RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(156, 100%, 11.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156, 100%, 23.5%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 40%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,396
CSS custom property--colour: #003C24;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.03359WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.56:1
Contrast with white12.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#FFC3DB
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#3C0018
Analogous#003C06, #00363C
Triadic#24003C, #3C2400
Split complementary#3C0036, #3C0600
Tetradic#06003C, #3C0018, #363C00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G60
B36
Red0 (0%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue156°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness11.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B 24
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