Recognised as Colour

#03262A

#03262A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#03262A is a cyan with RGB values 3, 38, 42 and HSL 186°, 87%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#03262A#03262A

HEX#03262A

RGBrgb(3, 38, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.149, 0.1647

RGB percentages1.2%, 14.9%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(186.2, 86.7%, 8.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.2, 92.9%, 16.5%)

CMYK92.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer206,378

CSS custom property--colour: #03262A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness32.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.98:1

Contrast with white15.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#FCD9D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#22242Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#1C202Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#002827no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 17.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.4 Dim grey · ΔE 33.7 Teal · ΔE 39.7 Slate grey · ΔE 40.9 Gray · ΔE 42.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 17.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A0703

Analogous#032A1B, #03122A

Triadic#2A0326, #262A03

Split complementary#2A0312, #2A1B03

Tetradic#1B032A, #2A0703, #122A03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#11D2E8

Lighter +30%#0DA7B9

Lighter +20%#0A7C89

Lighter +10%#06515A

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00282D

Less saturated −25%#092224

Channel breakdown

G38

B42

Red3 (1.2%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue186.15°

Saturation (HSL)86.67%

Lightness8.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 26 · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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