Recognised as Colour
#004E2C
- #004E2C
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark olivegreen
#004E2C is a cyan with RGB values 0, 78, 44 and HSL 154°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.
Colour values
#004E2C#004E2C
HEX#004E2C
RGBrgb(0, 78, 44)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3059, 0.1725
RGB percentages0%, 30.6%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(153.8, 100%, 15.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.8, 100%, 30.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 43.6%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer20,012
CSS custom property--colour: #004E2C;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.05631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.88:1
Contrast with white9.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#FFB1D3
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#4E0022
Analogous#004E05, #00494E
Triadic#2C004E, #4E2C00
Split complementary#4E0049, #4E0500
Tetradic#05004E, #4E0022, #494E00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G78
B44
Red0 (0%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue153.85°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness15.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 4E · B 2C
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