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Recognised as Colour

#324D57

  • #324D57
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#324D57 is a cyan with RGB values 50, 77, 87 and HSL 196°, 27%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#324D57#324D57
HEX#324D57
RGBrgb(50, 77, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.302, 0.3412
RGB percentages19.6%, 30.2%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(196.2, 27%, 26.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 42.5%, 34.1%)
CMYK42.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 65.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,296,599
CSS custom property--colour: #324D57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#CDB2A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#474C58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#424757no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#245050no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7Dim grey · ΔE 17.7Slate grey · ΔE 22.4Gray · ΔE 25.4Light slate grey · ΔE 25.4Teal · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#573C32
Analogous#32574F, #323A57
Triadic#57324D, #4D5732
Split complementary#57323A, #574E32
Tetradic#4F3257, #573C32, #3B5732

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#94B5C1
Lighter +30%#739FAF
Lighter +20%#578698
Lighter +10%#456A77
Darker −10%#1F3037
Darker −20%#0D1416
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#215568
Less saturated −25%#434546

Channel breakdown

R50
G77
B87
Red50 (19.6%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue196.22°
Saturation (HSL)27.01%
Lightness26.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 4D · B 57

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