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Recognised as Colour

#304B53

  • #304B53
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#304B53 is a cyan with RGB values 48, 75, 83 and HSL 194°, 27%, 26%. 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

#304B53#304B53
HEX#304B53
RGBrgb(48, 75, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.2941, 0.3255
RGB percentages18.8%, 29.4%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(193.7, 26.7%, 25.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.7, 42.2%, 32.5%)
CMYK42.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,165,011
CSS custom property--colour: #304B53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#CFB4AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#464953no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#404553no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#224E4Dno 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 text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.9Dim grey · ΔE 18.1Slate grey · ΔE 23.6Gray · ΔE 26Light slate grey · ΔE 26.6Teal · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#533830
Analogous#30534A, #303953
Triadic#53304B, #4B5330
Split complementary#533039, #534A30
Tetradic#4A3053, #533830, #395330

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#90B4BF
Lighter +30%#709EAC
Lighter +20%#558594
Lighter +10%#436873
Darker −10%#1D2E33
Darker −20%#0B1112
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#205463
Less saturated −25%#404243

Channel breakdown

R48
G75
B83
Red48 (18.8%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue193.71°
Saturation (HSL)26.72%
Lightness25.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 30 · G 4B · B 53

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