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Recognised as Colour

#037179

  • #037179
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#037179 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 113, 121 and HSL 184°, 95%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#037179#037179
HEX#037179
RGBrgb(3, 113, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4431, 0.4745
RGB percentages1.2%, 44.3%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(184.1, 95.2%, 24.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.1, 97.5%, 47.5%)
CMYK97.5%, 6.6%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer225,657
CSS custom property--colour: #037179;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#FC8E86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#676C7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#596179no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#007673no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 8.3Dark cyan · ΔE 12Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.7Cadetblue · ΔE 19.1Slate grey · ΔE 23.5Light slate grey · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#790B03
Analogous#037946, #033679
Triadic#790371, #717903
Split complementary#790336, #794603
Tetradic#460379, #790B03, #367903

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4DEFFB
Lighter +30%#1CEAF9
Lighter +20%#05CEDD
Lighter +10%#049FAB
Darker −10%#024347
Darker −20%#011415
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00747C
Less saturated −25%#13646A

Channel breakdown

R3
G113
B121
Red3 (1.2%)
Green113 (44.3%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue184.07°
Saturation (HSL)95.16%
Lightness24.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 71 · B 79

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