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Recognised as Colour

#004A38

  • #004A38
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#004A38 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 74, 56 and HSL 165°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#004A38#004A38
HEX#004A38
RGBrgb(0, 74, 56)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.2902, 0.2196
RGB percentages0%, 29%, 22%
HSLhsl(165.4, 100%, 14.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.4, 100%, 29%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 24.3%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer19,000
CSS custom property--colour: #004A38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.31:1
Contrast with white10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#FFB5C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#484437no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F3E39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Tritanopia#004B45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 16.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#4A0012
Analogous#004A13, #00374A
Triadic#38004A, #4A3800
Split complementary#4A0037, #4A1300
Tetradic#13004A, #4A0012, #374A00

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#17FFC7
Lighter +30%#00E3AC
Lighter +20%#00B085
Lighter +10%#007D5F
Darker −10%#001711
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004A38
Less saturated −25%#094133

Channel breakdown

R0
G74
B56
Red0 (0%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue165.41°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness14.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 4A · B 38

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