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Recognised as Colour

#24424D

  • #24424D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#24424D is a cyan with RGB values 36, 66, 77 and HSL 196°, 36%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#24424D#24424D
HEX#24424D
RGBrgb(36, 66, 77)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.2588, 0.302
RGB percentages14.1%, 25.9%, 30.2%
HSLhsl(196.1, 36.3%, 22.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 53.2%, 30.2%)
CMYK53.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,376,269
CSS custom property--colour: #24424D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.71:1
Contrast with white10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#DBBDB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C414Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#363C4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#0F4545no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.1Dim grey · ΔE 22.2Slate grey · ΔE 27.2Black · ΔE 29.1Gray · ΔE 30.2Light slate grey · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4D2F24
Analogous#244D44, #242D4D
Triadic#4D2442, #424D24
Split complementary#4D242D, #4D4424
Tetradic#44244D, #4D2F24, #2D4D24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7BAFC2
Lighter +30%#599AB1
Lighter +20%#447E93
Lighter +10%#346070
Darker −10%#14242A
Darker −20%#040607
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#16495B
Less saturated −25%#323B3F

Channel breakdown

R36
G66
B77
Red36 (14.1%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue77 (30.2%)
Hue196.1°
Saturation (HSL)36.28%
Lightness22.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 42 · B 4D

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