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Recognised as Colour

#03424A

  • #03424A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#03424A is a cyan with RGB values 3, 66, 74 and HSL 187°, 92%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#03424A#03424A
HEX#03424A
RGBrgb(3, 66, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.2588, 0.2902
RGB percentages1.2%, 25.9%, 29%
HSLhsl(186.8, 92.2%, 15.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.8, 95.9%, 29%)
CMYK95.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer213,578
CSS custom property--colour: #03424A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.16:1
Contrast with white11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#FCBDB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3B3F4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#32384Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#004644no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.4Dim grey · ΔE 26.4Teal · ΔE 27.2Slate grey · ΔE 30.6Black · ΔE 30.8Dark cyan · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A0B03
Analogous#034A2E, #031F4A
Triadic#4A0342, #424A03
Split complementary#4A031F, #4A2E03
Tetradic#2E034A, #4A0B03, #1F4A03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#23DEF6
Lighter +30%#09C5DD
Lighter +20%#0799AC
Lighter +10%#056E7B
Darker −10%#011619
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00444D
Less saturated −25%#0D3B40

Channel breakdown

R3
G66
B74
Red3 (1.2%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue186.76°
Saturation (HSL)92.21%
Lightness15.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 42 · B 4A

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