Recognised as Colour
#308D74
- #308D74
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark cyan
#308D74 is a cyan with RGB values 48, 141, 116 and HSL 164°, 49%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.
Colour values
#308D74#308D74
HEX#308D74
RGBrgb(48, 141, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.5529, 0.4549
RGB percentages18.8%, 55.3%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(163.9, 49.2%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.9, 66%, 55.3%)
CMYK66%, 0%, 17.7%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,181,940
CSS custom property--colour: #308D74;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.20939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#CF728B
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8D3049
Analogous#308D46, #30778D
Triadic#74308D, #8D7430
Split complementary#8D3077, #8D4630
Tetradic#46308D, #8D3049, #788D30
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R48
G141
B116
Red48 (18.8%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue163.87°
Saturation (HSL)49.21%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 30 · G 8D · B 74
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page