Colour
#038B76
- #038B76
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark cyan
#038B76 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 139, 118 and HSL 171°, 96%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.
Colour values
#038B76#038B76
HEX#038B76
RGBrgb(3, 139, 118)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.5451, 0.4627
RGB percentages1.2%, 54.5%, 46.3%
HSLhsl(170.7, 95.8%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.7, 97.8%, 54.5%)
CMYK97.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer232,310
CSS custom property--colour: #038B76;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.19793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#FC7489
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8B0318
Analogous#038B32, #035C8B
Triadic#76038B, #8B7603
Split complementary#8B035C, #8B3203
Tetradic#32038B, #8B0318, #5C8B03
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R3
G139
B118
Red3 (1.2%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue118 (46.3%)
Hue170.74°
Saturation (HSL)95.77%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G 8B · B 76
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