Colour

#14272E

#14272E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#14272E is a cyan with RGB values 20, 39, 46 and HSL 196°, 39%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#14272E

RGBrgb(20, 39, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.1529, 0.1804

RGB percentages7.8%, 15.3%, 18%

HSLhsl(196.2, 39.4%, 12.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 56.5%, 18%)

CMYK56.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,320,750

CSS custom property--colour: #14272E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.45:1

Contrast with white15.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#EBD8D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#23262Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#1F232Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#082929no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.3 Dim grey · ΔE 31.3 Slate grey · ΔE 38.8 Gray · ΔE 40.2 Teal · ΔE 41.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E1B14

Analogous#142E28, #141A2E

Triadic#2E1427, #272E14

Split complementary#2E141A, #2E2814

Tetradic#28142E, #2E1B14, #1A2E14

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#589DB6

Lighter +30%#428199

Lighter +20%#336375

Lighter +10%#234552

Darker −10%#05090A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0C2B36

Less saturated −25%#1C2326

Channel breakdown

R20

G39

B46

Red20 (7.8%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue196.15°

Saturation (HSL)39.39%

Lightness12.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 14 · G 27 · B 2E

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