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Recognised as Colour

#04424A

  • #04424A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#04424A is a cyan with RGB values 4, 66, 74 and HSL 187°, 90%, 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

#04424A#04424A
HEX#04424A
RGBrgb(4, 66, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.2588, 0.2902
RGB percentages1.6%, 25.9%, 29%
HSLhsl(186.9, 89.7%, 15.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 94.6%, 29%)
CMYK94.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer279,114
CSS custom property--colour: #04424A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04417WCAG 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 11.15:1
Contrast with white11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#FBBDB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3B3F4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#32384Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#004644no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.4Dim grey · ΔE 26.3Teal · ΔE 27.3Slate grey · ΔE 30.5Black · ΔE 30.7Dark cyan · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A0C04
Analogous#044A2F, #041F4A
Triadic#4A0442, #424A04
Split complementary#4A041F, #4A2F04
Tetradic#2F044A, #4A0C04, #1F4A04

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#27DCF3
Lighter +30%#0CC3DB
Lighter +20%#0998AB
Lighter +10%#076D7A
Darker −10%#01171A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00454E
Less saturated −25%#0E3A40

Channel breakdown

R4
G66
B74
Red4 (1.6%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue186.86°
Saturation (HSL)89.74%
Lightness15.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 04 · G 42 · B 4A

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