Recognised as Colour

#03553B

#03553B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#03553B is a cyan with RGB values 3, 85, 59 and HSL 161°, 93%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#03553B#03553B

HEX#03553B

RGBrgb(3, 85, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.3333, 0.2314

RGB percentages1.2%, 33.3%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(161, 93.2%, 17.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(161, 96.5%, 33.3%)

CMYK96.5%, 0%, 30.6%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer218,427

CSS custom property--colour: #03553B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.87:1

Contrast with white8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#FCAAC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#534E3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A473Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00554Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.8 Teal · ΔE 24.3 Sea green · ΔE 25.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 27.5 Dim grey · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 21.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55031D

Analogous#035512, #034655

Triadic#3B0355, #553B03

Split complementary#550346, #551203

Tetradic#120355, #55031D, #465503

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2CF8B7

Lighter +30%#08E9A2

Lighter +20%#06B87F

Lighter +10%#05865D

Darker −10%#012419

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00583C

Less saturated −25%#0E4A37

Channel breakdown

G85

B59

Red3 (1.2%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue160.98°

Saturation (HSL)93.18%

Lightness17.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G 55 · B 3B

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Colour values

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