Colour

#003C56

#003C56
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#003C56 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 60, 86 and HSL 198°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#003C56#003C56

HEX#003C56

RGBrgb(0, 60, 86)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2353, 0.3373

RGB percentages0%, 23.5%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(198.1, 100%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 100%, 33.7%)

CMYK100%, 30.2%, 0%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,446

CSS custom property--colour: #003C56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.79:1

Contrast with white11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#FFC3A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F3C57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#243456no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#004345no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.2 Dim grey · ΔE 30.1 Slate grey · ΔE 31.4 Steel blue · ΔE 31.5 Black · ΔE 31.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 19.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#561A00

Analogous#005645, #001156

Triadic#56003C, #3C5600

Split complementary#560011, #564500

Tetradic#450056, #561A00, #115600

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#23BCFF

Lighter +30%#00A7EF

Lighter +20%#0083BC

Lighter +10%#006089

Darker −10%#001823

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#003C56

Less saturated −25%#0B384B

Channel breakdown

G60

B86

Red0 (0%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue198.14°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 3C · B 56

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