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Recognised as Colour

#224B39

  • #224B39
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#224B39 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 75, 57 and HSL 154°, 38%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#224B39#224B39
HEX#224B39
RGBrgb(34, 75, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.2941, 0.2235
RGB percentages13.3%, 29.4%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(153.7, 37.6%, 21.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.7, 54.7%, 29.4%)
CMYK54.7%, 0%, 24%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,247,481
CSS custom property--colour: #224B39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#DDB4C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A4638no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#44423Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Tritanopia#154B46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13Dim grey · ΔE 25.9Teal · ΔE 26.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.8Dark cyan · ΔE 30.4Gray · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4B2234
Analogous#224B24, #22494B
Triadic#39224B, #4B3922
Split complementary#4B2249, #4B2422
Tetradic#24224B, #4B2234, #494B22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#77C2A1
Lighter +30%#54B289
Lighter +20%#42916E
Lighter +10%#326E54
Darker −10%#12281E
Darker −20%#020504
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#14593B
Less saturated −25%#303D37

Channel breakdown

R34
G75
B57
Red34 (13.3%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue153.66°
Saturation (HSL)37.61%
Lightness21.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 22 · G 4B · B 39

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