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Recognised as Colour

#222C29

  • #222C29
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#222C29 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 44, 41 and HSL 162°, 13%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#222C29#222C29
HEX#222C29
RGBrgb(34, 44, 41)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.1725, 0.1608
RGB percentages13.3%, 17.3%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(162, 12.8%, 15.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162, 22.7%, 17.3%)
CMYK22.7%, 0%, 6.8%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,239,529
CSS custom property--colour: #222C29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness40.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.38:1
Contrast with white14.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#DDD3D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2B2B29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#292929no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#202C2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.3Black · ΔE 17.8Dim grey · ΔE 27.9Gray · ΔE 36.9Slate grey · ΔE 37.6Teal · ΔE 40.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 16.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2C2225
Analogous#222C24, #222A2C
Triadic#29222C, #2C2922
Split complementary#2C222A, #2C2422
Tetradic#24222C, #2C2225, #2A2C22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7E9C93
Lighter +30%#658279
Lighter +20%#4E665F
Lighter +10%#384944
Darker −10%#0C0F0E
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#18362D
Less saturated −25%#272727

Channel breakdown

R34
G44
B41
Red34 (13.3%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue162°
Saturation (HSL)12.82%
Lightness15.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 22 · G 2C · B 29

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