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Recognised as Colour

#073236

  • #073236
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#073236 is a cyan with RGB values 7, 50, 54 and HSL 185°, 77%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#073236#073236
HEX#073236
RGBrgb(7, 50, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.1961, 0.2118
RGB percentages2.7%, 19.6%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(185.1, 77%, 12%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.1, 87%, 21.2%)
CMYK87%, 7.4%, 0%, 78.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer471,606
CSS custom property--colour: #073236;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02593WCAG 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 13.83:1
Contrast with white13.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#F8CDC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D2F36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#262B36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#003533no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.3Black · ΔE 23.1Dim grey · ΔE 29.7Teal · ΔE 34.2Slate grey · ΔE 36.2Gray · ΔE 38
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#360B07
Analogous#073623, #071A36
Triadic#360732, #323607
Split complementary#36071A, #362307
Tetradic#230736, #360B07, #1A3607

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#26D3E3
Lighter +30%#19AFBD
Lighter +20%#138690
Lighter +10%#0D5C63
Darker −10%#010809
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00383D
Less saturated −25%#0F2C2E

Channel breakdown

R7
G50
B54
Red7 (2.7%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue185.11°
Saturation (HSL)77.05%
Lightness11.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 32 · B 36

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