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Recognised as Colour

#08383C

  • #08383C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#08383C is a cyan with RGB values 8, 56, 60 and HSL 185°, 76%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#08383C#08383C
HEX#08383C
RGBrgb(8, 56, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.2196, 0.2353
RGB percentages3.1%, 22%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(184.6, 76.5%, 13.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 86.7%, 23.5%)
CMYK86.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer538,684
CSS custom property--colour: #08383C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.8:1
Contrast with white12.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#F7C7C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#33353Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B303Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#003B39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 11.1Black · ΔE 25.9Dim grey · ΔE 28.1Teal · ΔE 31.4Slate grey · ΔE 34.2Dark cyan · ΔE 35.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C0C08
Analogous#083C26, #081E3C
Triadic#3C0838, #383C08
Split complementary#3C081E, #3C2608
Tetradic#26083C, #3C0C08, #1E3C08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#2DD5E3
Lighter +30%#1AB6C3
Lighter +20%#148C96
Lighter +10%#0E6269
Darker −10%#020E0F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003F44
Less saturated −25%#103134

Channel breakdown

R8
G56
B60
Red8 (3.1%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue184.62°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness13.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G 38 · B 3C

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