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Recognised as Colour

#294B55

  • #294B55
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#294B55 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 75, 85 and HSL 194°, 35%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#294B55#294B55
HEX#294B55
RGBrgb(41, 75, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.2941, 0.3333
RGB percentages16.1%, 29.4%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(193.6, 34.9%, 24.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.6, 51.8%, 33.3%)
CMYK51.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,706,261
CSS custom property--colour: #294B55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#D6B4AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#454956no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E4455no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#124E4Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 6.7Dim grey · ΔE 19.9Slate grey · ΔE 24.1Teal · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 27.1Gray · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#553329
Analogous#295549, #293555
Triadic#55294B, #4B5529
Split complementary#552935, #554929
Tetradic#492955, #553329, #355529

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#86B6C4
Lighter +30%#63A2B4
Lighter +20%#4A889A
Lighter +10%#3A6977
Darker −10%#182D33
Darker −20%#080E10
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#195465
Less saturated −25%#394245

Channel breakdown

R41
G75
B85
Red41 (16.1%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue193.64°
Saturation (HSL)34.92%
Lightness24.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 4B · B 55

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