Colour

#003C36

#003C36
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#003C36 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 60, 54 and HSL 174°, 100%, 12%. 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

#003C36#003C36

HEX#003C36

RGBrgb(0, 60, 54)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.2118

RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(174, 100%, 11.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174, 100%, 23.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 10%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,414

CSS custom property--colour: #003C36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.36:1

Contrast with white12.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#FFC3C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383836no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#313237no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Tritanopia#003E3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.2 Teal · ΔE 28.9 Black · ΔE 29.2 Dim grey · ΔE 29.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 33.2 Slate grey · ΔE 36.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C0006

Analogous#003C18, #00243C

Triadic#36003C, #3C3600

Split complementary#3C0024, #3C1800

Tetradic#18003C, #3C0006, #243C00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#09FFE6

Lighter +30%#00D5C0

Lighter +20%#00A292

Lighter +10%#006F64

Darker −10%#000908

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003C36

Less saturated −25%#083430

Channel breakdown

G60

B54

Red0 (0%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue174°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness11.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B 36

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