Colour

#304C44

#304C44
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#304C44 is a cyan with RGB values 48, 76, 68 and HSL 163°, 23%, 24%. 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

#304C44#304C44

HEX#304C44

RGBrgb(48, 76, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.298, 0.2667

RGB percentages18.8%, 29.8%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(162.9, 22.6%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.9, 36.8%, 29.8%)

CMYK36.8%, 0%, 10.5%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,165,252

CSS custom property--colour: #304C44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.36:1

Contrast with white9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#CFB3BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4944no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#454545no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Tritanopia#284D4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.4 Dim grey · ΔE 19.3 Teal · ΔE 26.4 Gray · ΔE 26.8 Slate grey · ΔE 27.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.38, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C3038

Analogous#304C36, #30464C

Triadic#44304C, #4C4430

Split complementary#4C3046, #4C3630

Tetradic#36304C, #4C3038, #464C30

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8FB9AD

Lighter +30%#70A596

Lighter +20%#578B7C

Lighter +10%#446B60

Darker −10%#1C2D28

Darker −20%#090D0C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#215C4B

Less saturated −25%#3E3E3E

Channel breakdown

R48

G76

B68

Red48 (18.8%)

Green76 (29.8%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue162.86°

Saturation (HSL)22.58%

Lightness24.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 30 · G 4C · B 44

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