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Recognised as Colour

#014240

  • #014240
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#014240 is a cyan with RGB values 1, 66, 64 and HSL 178°, 97%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#014240#014240
HEX#014240
RGBrgb(1, 66, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.2588, 0.251
RGB percentages0.4%, 25.9%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(178.2, 97%, 13.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.2, 98.5%, 25.9%)
CMYK98.5%, 0%, 3%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer82,496
CSS custom property--colour: #014240;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.32:1
Contrast with white11.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#FEBDBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D3E40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#353840no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004441no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.8Teal · ΔE 26.1Dim grey · ΔE 27.7Dark cyan · ΔE 30.5Black · ΔE 31.2Slate grey · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#420103
Analogous#014220, #012342
Triadic#400142, #424001
Split complementary#420123, #422001
Tetradic#200142, #420103, #234201

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#14FBF4
Lighter +30%#03D9D2
Lighter +20%#03A6A1
Lighter +10%#027471
Darker −10%#00100F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004341
Less saturated −25%#093A38

Channel breakdown

R1
G66
B64
Red1 (0.4%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue178.15°
Saturation (HSL)97.01%
Lightness13.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 01 · G 42 · B 40

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