Colour

#344F55

#344F55
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#344F55 is a cyan with RGB values 52, 79, 85 and HSL 191°, 24%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#344F55#344F55

HEX#344F55

RGBrgb(52, 79, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.3098, 0.3333

RGB percentages20.4%, 31%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(190.9, 24.1%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 38.8%, 33.3%)

CMYK38.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,428,181

CSS custom property--colour: #344F55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.77:1

Contrast with white8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#CBB0AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4D55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#454955no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Tritanopia#285251no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 4.5 Dim grey · ΔE 16.6 Slate grey · ΔE 22.3 Gray · ΔE 24.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.3 Teal · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 4.52, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#553A34

Analogous#34554A, #343F55

Triadic#55344F, #4F5534

Split complementary#55343F, #554A34

Tetradic#4A3455, #553A34, #3F5534

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#96B7BF

Lighter +30%#77A2AB

Lighter +20%#5B8A94

Lighter +10%#476C75

Darker −10%#213235

Darker −20%#0D1416

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#235A66

Less saturated −25%#454545

Channel breakdown

R52

G79

B85

Red52 (20.4%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue190.91°

Saturation (HSL)24.09%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 34 · G 4F · B 55

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