Colour

#273C43

#273C43
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#273C43 is a cyan with RGB values 39, 60, 67 and HSL 195°, 26%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#273C43#273C43

HEX#273C43

RGBrgb(39, 60, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.2353, 0.2627

RGB percentages15.3%, 23.5%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(195, 26.4%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195, 41.8%, 26.3%)

CMYK41.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 73.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,571,331

CSS custom property--colour: #273C43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.58:1

Contrast with white11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#D8C3BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383B43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#333743no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Tritanopia#1D3E3Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.8 Dim grey · ΔE 22.5 Black · ΔE 25.6 Slate grey · ΔE 29.4 Gray · ΔE 31.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#432E27

Analogous#27433C, #272E43

Triadic#43273C, #3C4327

Split complementary#43272E, #433C27

Tetradic#3C2743, #432E27, #2E4327

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#81A8B5

Lighter +30%#6092A3

Lighter +20%#4D7683

Lighter +10%#3A5963

Darker −10%#141F23

Darker −20%#010203

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1A4350

Less saturated −25%#343536

Channel breakdown

R39

G60

B67

Red39 (15.3%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue195°

Saturation (HSL)26.42%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 27 · G 3C · B 43

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Colour values

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