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Recognised as Colour

#033237

  • #033237
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#033237 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 50, 55 and HSL 186°, 90%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#033237#033237
HEX#033237
RGBrgb(3, 50, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.1961, 0.2157
RGB percentages1.2%, 19.6%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(185.8, 89.7%, 11.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.8, 94.5%, 21.6%)
CMYK94.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 78.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer209,463
CSS custom property--colour: #033237;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness42.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.86:1
Contrast with white13.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#FCCDC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D2F37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#262A37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#003533no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.6Black · ΔE 23.5Dim grey · ΔE 30Teal · ΔE 34.1Slate grey · ΔE 36.3Gray · ΔE 38.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#370803
Analogous#033722, #031837
Triadic#370332, #323703
Split complementary#370318, #372203
Tetradic#220337, #370803, #183703

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#14DDF2
Lighter +30%#0BB6C8
Lighter +20%#088A98
Lighter +10%#065E67
Darker −10%#000607
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00343A
Less saturated −25%#0A2C30

Channel breakdown

R3
G50
B55
Red3 (1.2%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue185.77°
Saturation (HSL)89.66%
Lightness11.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 32 · B 37

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