Recognised as Colour

#344B42

#344B42
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#344B42 is a cyan with RGB values 52, 75, 66 and HSL 157°, 18%, 25%. 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

#344B42#344B42

HEX#344B42

RGBrgb(52, 75, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.2941, 0.2588

RGB percentages20.4%, 29.4%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(156.5, 18.1%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(156.5, 30.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK30.7%, 0%, 12%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,427,138

CSS custom property--colour: #344B42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06156WCAG 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 9.41:1

Contrast with white9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#CBB4BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4842no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#464543no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#2F4B48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 6.4 Dim grey · ΔE 18.5 Gray · ΔE 26.4 Teal · ΔE 27.8 Slate grey · ΔE 28 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 6.43, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B343D

Analogous#344B36, #34494B

Triadic#42344B, #4B4234

Split complementary#4B3449, #4B3634

Tetradic#36344B, #4B343D, #494B34

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#95B6A9

Lighter +30%#77A191

Lighter +20%#5E8777

Lighter +10%#49695D

Darker −10%#1F2D27

Darker −20%#0A0F0D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#245B45

Less saturated −25%#404040

Channel breakdown

R52

G75

B66

Red52 (20.4%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue156.52°

Saturation (HSL)18.11%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 34 · G 4B · B 42

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