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Recognised as Colour

#38494F

  • #38494F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#38494F is a cyan with RGB values 56, 73, 79 and HSL 196°, 17%, 26%. 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

#38494F#38494F
HEX#38494F
RGBrgb(56, 73, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.2863, 0.3098
RGB percentages22%, 28.6%, 31%
HSLhsl(195.7, 17%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 29.1%, 31%)
CMYK29.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,688,783
CSS custom property--colour: #38494F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.4:1
Contrast with white9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#C7B6B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#45484Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#42454Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#314B4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.1Dim grey · ΔE 16.5Slate grey · ΔE 23.7Gray · ΔE 25Light slate grey · ΔE 26.8Teal · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4F3E38
Analogous#384F4A, #383D4F
Triadic#4F3849, #494F38
Split complementary#4F383D, #4F4A38
Tetradic#4A384F, #4F3E38, #3D4F38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BB0B8
Lighter +30%#7D99A3
Lighter +20%#62808B
Lighter +10%#4D656D
Darker −10%#232D31
Darker −20%#0E1213
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#275160
Less saturated −25%#444444

Channel breakdown

R56
G73
B79
Red56 (22%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue195.65°
Saturation (HSL)17.04%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 49 · B 4F

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