Recognised as Colour

#28453E

#28453E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#28453E is a cyan with RGB values 40, 69, 62 and HSL 166°, 27%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#28453E#28453E

HEX#28453E

RGBrgb(40, 69, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.2706, 0.2431

RGB percentages15.7%, 27.1%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(165.5, 26.6%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(165.5, 42%, 27.1%)

CMYK42%, 0%, 10.1%, 72.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,639,166

CSS custom property--colour: #28453E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.44:1

Contrast with white10.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#D7BAC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#43423Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#3E3E3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#1F4643no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 6.4 Dim grey · ΔE 21.7 Teal · ΔE 28.3 Gray · ΔE 29.6 Black · ΔE 29.8 Slate grey · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#45282F

Analogous#284530, #283D45

Triadic#3E2845, #453E28

Split complementary#45283D, #453028

Tetradic#302845, #45282F, #3E4528

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#82B7AA

Lighter +30%#62A494

Lighter +20%#4D8678

Lighter +10%#3B655B

Darker −10%#152521

Darker −20%#030404

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1A5345

Less saturated −25%#363737

Channel breakdown

R40

G69

B62

Red40 (15.7%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue165.52°

Saturation (HSL)26.61%

Lightness21.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G 45 · B 3E

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