Colour

#304D48

#304D48
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#304D48 is a cyan with RGB values 48, 77, 72 and HSL 170°, 23%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#304D48#304D48

HEX#304D48

RGBrgb(48, 77, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.302, 0.2824

RGB percentages18.8%, 30.2%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(169.7, 23.2%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.7, 37.7%, 30.2%)

CMYK37.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,165,512

CSS custom property--colour: #304D48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.21:1

Contrast with white9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#CFB2B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4A48no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#454648no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Tritanopia#264E4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 3.4 Dim grey · ΔE 18.6 Teal · ΔE 25.7 Gray · ΔE 26.2 Slate grey · ΔE 26.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.38, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4D3035

Analogous#304D39, #30444D

Triadic#48304D, #4D4830

Split complementary#4D3044, #4D3930

Tetradic#39304D, #4D3035, #444D30

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#90B9B2

Lighter +30%#70A69D

Lighter +20%#578C83

Lighter +10%#446C65

Darker −10%#1C2E2B

Darker −20%#090E0D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#205D52

Less saturated −25%#3F3F3F

Channel breakdown

R48

G77

B72

Red48 (18.8%)

Green77 (30.2%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue169.66°

Saturation (HSL)23.2%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 30 · G 4D · B 48

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