Recognised as Colour

#374B49

#374B49
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#374B49 is a cyan with RGB values 55, 75, 73 and HSL 174°, 15%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#374B49

RGBrgb(55, 75, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.2941, 0.2863

RGB percentages21.6%, 29.4%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(174, 15.4%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174, 26.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK26.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,623,753

CSS custom property--colour: #374B49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.27:1

Contrast with white9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#C8B4B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494949no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#454649no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Tritanopia#314C4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 4.3 Dim grey · ΔE 16.5 Gray · ΔE 24.8 Slate grey · ΔE 25.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.1 Teal · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 4.31, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B3739

Analogous#374B3F, #37434B

Triadic#49374B, #4B4937

Split complementary#4B3743, #4B3F37

Tetradic#3F374B, #4B3739, #434B37

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#99B5B2

Lighter +30%#7C9F9B

Lighter +20%#628682

Lighter +10%#4D6866

Darker −10%#212E2C

Darker −20%#0C1010

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#275B56

Less saturated −25%#414141

Channel breakdown

R55

G75

B73

Red55 (21.6%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue174°

Saturation (HSL)15.38%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 37 · G 4B · B 49

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