Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#152C27

  • #152C27
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#152C27 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 44, 39 and HSL 167°, 35%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#152C27#152C27
HEX#152C27
RGBrgb(21, 44, 39)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.1725, 0.1529
RGB percentages8.2%, 17.3%, 15.3%
HSLhsl(167, 35.4%, 12.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167, 52.3%, 17.3%)
CMYK52.3%, 0%, 11.4%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,387,559
CSS custom property--colour: #152C27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness38 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.77:1
Contrast with white14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#EAD3D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2A2A27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#262727no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#0D2D2Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.8Black · ΔE 19.2Dim grey · ΔE 30.3Teal · ΔE 38.1Gray · ΔE 39Slate grey · ΔE 39.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 15.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2C151A
Analogous#152C1B, #15252C
Triadic#27152C, #2C2715
Split complementary#2C1525, #2C1B15
Tetradic#1C152C, #2C151A, #252C15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5CB19F
Lighter +30%#469483
Lighter +20%#367164
Lighter +10%#254F46
Darker −10%#050908
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0D342C
Less saturated −25%#1D2422

Channel breakdown

R21
G44
B39
Red21 (8.2%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue39 (15.3%)
Hue166.96°
Saturation (HSL)35.38%
Lightness12.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G 2C · B 27

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “152c27” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.