Recognised as Colour

#002230

#002230
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#002230 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 34, 48 and HSL 198°, 100%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#002230#002230

HEX#002230

RGBrgb(0, 34, 48)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1333, 0.1882

RGB percentages0%, 13.3%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(197.5, 100%, 9.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 100%, 18.8%)

CMYK100%, 29.2%, 0%, 81.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,752

CSS custom property--colour: #002230;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness30.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.52:1

Contrast with white16.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#FFDDCF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1B2131no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#141D30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#002627no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 18.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.3 Dim grey · ΔE 35.6 Slate grey · ΔE 41.4 Teal · ΔE 43.3 Gray · ΔE 44.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 18.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#300E00

Analogous#003026, #000A30

Triadic#300022, #223000

Split complementary#30000A, #302600

Tetradic#260030, #300E00, #0A3000

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#00B3FC

Lighter +30%#008EC9

Lighter +20%#006A96

Lighter +10%#004663

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002230

Less saturated −25%#06202A

Channel breakdown

G34

B48

Red0 (0%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue197.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness9.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 22 · B 30

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