Recognised as Colour
#014E4D
- #014E4D
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#014E4D is a cyan with RGB values 1, 78, 77 and HSL 179°, 97%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#014E4D#014E4D
HEX#014E4D
RGBrgb(1, 78, 77)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.3059, 0.302
RGB percentages0.4%, 30.6%, 30.2%
HSLhsl(179.2, 97.5%, 15.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 98.7%, 30.6%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer85,581
CSS custom property--colour: #014E4D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.05991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#FEB1B2
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#4E0102
Analogous#014E26, #01294E
Triadic#4D014E, #4E4D01
Split complementary#4E0129, #4E2601
Tetradic#26014E, #4E0102, #294E01
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R1
G78
B77
Red1 (0.4%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue77 (30.2%)
Hue179.22°
Saturation (HSL)97.47%
Lightness15.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 01 · G 4E · B 4D
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