Colour

#00473B

#00473B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#00473B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 71, 59 and HSL 170°, 100%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#00473B#00473B

HEX#00473B

RGBrgb(0, 71, 59)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.2784, 0.2314

RGB percentages0%, 27.8%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(169.9, 100%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.9, 100%, 27.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 16.9%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer18,235

CSS custom property--colour: #00473B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.69:1

Contrast with white10.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#FFB8C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#44423Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#3B3B3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#004843no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.7 Teal · ΔE 24.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 29 Dim grey · ΔE 29.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 33.4 Black · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#47000C

Analogous#004718, #002F47

Triadic#3B0047, #473B00

Split complementary#47002F, #471800

Tetradic#180047, #47000C, #304700

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#14FFD7

Lighter +30%#00E0BA

Lighter +20%#00AD90

Lighter +10%#007A65

Darker −10%#001411

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00473B

Less saturated −25%#093E35

Channel breakdown

G71

B59

Red0 (0%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue169.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness13.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 47 · B 3B

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