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Recognised as Colour

#264D53

  • #264D53
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#264D53 is a cyan with RGB values 38, 77, 83 and HSL 188°, 37%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#264D53#264D53
HEX#264D53
RGBrgb(38, 77, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.302, 0.3255
RGB percentages14.9%, 30.2%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(188, 37.2%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188, 54.2%, 32.5%)
CMYK54.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,510,163
CSS custom property--colour: #264D53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#D9B2AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#474A53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#404553no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#0A504Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 4.21, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#532C26
Analogous#265342, #263653
Triadic#53264D, #4D5326
Split complementary#532636, #534226
Tetradic#432653, #532C26, #365326

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#80BCC5
Lighter +30%#5DA9B5
Lighter +20%#468E99
Lighter +10%#366D76
Darker −10%#162D30
Darker −20%#060C0D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#175862
Less saturated −25%#354244

Channel breakdown

R38
G77
B83
Red38 (14.9%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue188°
Saturation (HSL)37.19%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 4D · B 53

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