Colour

#036C5F

#036C5F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#036C5F is a cyan with RGB values 3, 108, 95 and HSL 173°, 95%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#036C5F#036C5F

HEX#036C5F

RGBrgb(3, 108, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4235, 0.3725

RGB percentages1.2%, 42.4%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(172.6, 94.6%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.6, 97.2%, 42.4%)

CMYK97.2%, 0%, 12%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer224,351

CSS custom property--colour: #036C5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.34:1

Contrast with white6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#FC93A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#67655Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A5C60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Tritanopia#006E68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 11.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.4 Cadetblue · ΔE 24 Sea green · ΔE 25.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6C0310

Analogous#036C2A, #03456C

Triadic#5F036C, #6C5F03

Split complementary#6C0345, #6C2A03

Tetradic#2A036C, #6C0310, #456C03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#41FAE3

Lighter +30%#10F8DC

Lighter +20%#06CFB6

Lighter +10%#049E8B

Darker −10%#023A33

Darker −20%#000908

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006F61

Less saturated −25%#115E55

Channel breakdown

G108

B95

Red3 (1.2%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue172.57°

Saturation (HSL)94.59%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G 6C · B 5F

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Colour values

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