Recognised as Colour

#214D4E

#214D4E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#214D4E is a cyan with RGB values 33, 77, 78 and HSL 181°, 41%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#214D4E

RGBrgb(33, 77, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.1294, 0.302, 0.3059

RGB percentages12.9%, 30.2%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(181.3, 40.5%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 57.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK57.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,182,478

CSS custom property--colour: #214D4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.39:1

Contrast with white9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#DEB2B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#484A4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#41444Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Tritanopia#004F4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 3.7 Dim grey · ΔE 21.4 Teal · ΔE 23.4 Slate grey · ΔE 26.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 27.7 Gray · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.65, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E2221

Analogous#214E39, #21364E

Triadic#4E214D, #4D4E21

Split complementary#4E2136, #4E3921

Tetradic#39214E, #4E2221, #364E21

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#76C3C5

Lighter +30%#52B4B6

Lighter +20%#3F9496

Lighter +10%#307072

Darker −10%#122A2A

Darker −20%#030606

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#135A5C

Less saturated −25%#2F4040

Channel breakdown

R33

G77

B78

Red33 (12.9%)

Green77 (30.2%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue181.33°

Saturation (HSL)40.54%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 21 · G 4D · B 4E

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Colour harmonies

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