Recognised as Colour

#342C30

#342C30
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#342C30 is a red with RGB values 52, 44, 48 and HSL 330°, 8%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#342C30#342C30

HEX#342C30

RGBrgb(52, 44, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.1725, 0.1882

RGB percentages20.4%, 17.3%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(330, 8.3%, 18.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330, 15.4%, 20.4%)

CMYK0%, 15.4%, 7.7%, 79.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,419,184

CSS custom property--colour: #342C30;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.56:1

Contrast with white13.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#CBD3CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C2D30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E2F30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#352C2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 19.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.5 Dim grey · ΔE 25.8 Gray · ΔE 34.9 Slate grey · ΔE 35.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 19.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C3430

Analogous#342C34, #342C2C

Triadic#30342C, #2C3034

Split complementary#2C342C, #2C3434

Tetradic#34342C, #2C3430, #2C2C34

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9F8D96

Lighter +30%#87727D

Lighter +20%#6B5B63

Lighter +10%#50434A

Darker −10%#181517

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#402030

Less saturated −25%#303030

Channel breakdown

R52

G44

B48

Red52 (20.4%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue330°

Saturation (HSL)8.33%

Lightness18.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 34 · G 2C · B 30

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