#03453E Color

#03453E is rgb(3, 69, 62) in RGB, hsl(174, 92%, 14%) in HSL, and about cmyk(96%, 0%, 10%, 73%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is MSU Green (#18453B), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.04. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#03453E

HEX#03453E

RGBrgb(3, 69, 62)

HSLhsl(174, 92%, 14%)

HSVhsv(174, 96%, 27%)

CMYKcmyk(96%, 0%, 10%, 73%)

OKLCHoklch(35.1% 0.061 183.3)

LABlab(25.50% -21.25 -1.49)

LCHlch(25.50% 21.30 184.01)

What #03453E Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #03453E, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

MSU Green#18453BΔE 4.04 Deep Jungle Green#004B49ΔE 4.29 Zydeco#20483FΔE 5.46 Sacramento State Green#043927ΔE 9.36 Dark Slate Gray#2F4F4FΔE 10.89 Phthalo Green#123524ΔE 11.26

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every teal in the library.

#03453E Channel Values

How #03453E breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 3 · G 69 · B 62	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 174° · S 92% · L 14%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 174° · S 96% · V 27%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 96% · M 0% · Y 10% · K 73%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	10.91:1 vs white · 1.92:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #03453E background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text10.91:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Fails AABlack text1.92:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #03453E

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #03453E; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Complementary

Analogous

Analogous

Triadic

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Split comp.

Split comp.

Tints & Shades of #03453E

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #03453E.

How #03453E Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#03453E

Protanopia#3F3F3E

Protanomaly#30413E

Deuteranopia#38383F

Deuteranomaly#2B3E3F

Tritanopia#084444

Tritanomaly#064442

Achromatopsia#3D3D3D

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Using #03453E in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-03453e: #03453E;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #03453E;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-03453e': '#03453E' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.012, green: 0.271, blue: 0.243)

Android XML<color name="color_03453e">#03453E</color>

SVG fillfill="#03453E"

More Teal Colors

#03453E sits in the teal family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

002424 f5ffff 002a38 f0ffff 002d2e eefbfb 003333 ecfeff 003542 ecf7f9 003838 ebffff 006466 009999 00ebeb 0d1616 192929 24fbff 36747d 50bfe6 73a9c2 8dd9cc aec6cf ccffff

#03453E Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #03453E?

#03453E is a darkest teal — rgb(3, 69, 62) in RGB and hsl(174, 92%, 14%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is MSU Green (#18453B), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.04.

What is the RGB value of #03453E?

#03453E is rgb(3, 69, 62) — red 3, green 69, and blue 62 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #03453E?

#03453E converts to approximately cmyk(96%, 0%, 10%, 73%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #03453E be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #03453E scores 10.91:1 against white and 1.92:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #03453E as a CSS color keyword?

No. #03453E is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkslategray (#2F4F4F) at a CIE76 distance of 10.89, which is visibly different.

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