Colour
#293C37
- #293C37
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#293C37 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 60, 55 and HSL 164°, 19%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#293C37#293C37
HEX#293C37
RGBrgb(41, 60, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.2353, 0.2157
RGB percentages16.1%, 23.5%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(164.2, 18.8%, 19.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.2, 31.7%, 23.5%)
CMYK31.7%, 0%, 8.3%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,702,391
CSS custom property--colour: #293C37;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.03979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.69:1
Contrast with white11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#D6C3C8
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#3C292E
Analogous#293C2E, #29383C
Triadic#37293C, #3C3729
Split complementary#3C2938, #3C2E29
Tetradic#2E293C, #3C292E, #383C29
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R41
G60
B55
Red41 (16.1%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue164.21°
Saturation (HSL)18.81%
Lightness19.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 29 · G 3C · B 37
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