Colour

#374F48

#374F48
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#374F48 is a cyan with RGB values 55, 79, 72 and HSL 162°, 18%, 26%. 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

#374F48#374F48

HEX#374F48

RGBrgb(55, 79, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.3098, 0.2824

RGB percentages21.6%, 31%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(162.5, 17.9%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.5, 30.4%, 31%)

CMYK30.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,624,776

CSS custom property--colour: #374F48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.84:1

Contrast with white8.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#C8B0B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4C48no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#494948no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Tritanopia#31504Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5 Dim grey · ΔE 16.9 Gray · ΔE 24.7 Slate grey · ΔE 25.9 Teal · ΔE 26.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 4.97, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F373E

Analogous#374F3C, #374A4F

Triadic#48374F, #4F4837

Split complementary#4F374A, #4F3C37

Tetradic#3C374F, #4F373E, #4A4F37

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9AB8AF

Lighter +30%#7CA398

Lighter +20%#618B7F

Lighter +10%#4C6D63

Darker −10%#22312D

Darker −20%#0D1311

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#26604F

Less saturated −25%#434343

Channel breakdown

R55

G79

B72

Red55 (21.6%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue162.5°

Saturation (HSL)17.91%

Lightness26.27%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 37 · G 4F · B 48

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