Recognised as Colour

#038C63

#038C63
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#038C63 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 140, 99 and HSL 162°, 96%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#038C63#038C63

HEX#038C63

RGBrgb(3, 140, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.549, 0.3882

RGB percentages1.2%, 54.9%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(162, 95.8%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162, 97.9%, 54.9%)

CMYK97.9%, 0%, 29.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer232,547

CSS custom property--colour: #038C63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#FC739C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#898161no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B7666no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Tritanopia#008C81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 7.5 Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 24.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 25 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 25 Teal · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C032C

Analogous#038C1E, #03708C

Triadic#63038C, #8C6303

Split complementary#8C0370, #8C1E03

Tetradic#1F038C, #8C032C, #718C03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5FFCCD

Lighter +30%#2DFBBD

Lighter +20%#05F0AA

Lighter +10%#04BE86

Darker −10%#025A40

Darker −20%#01281C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#008F64

Less saturated −25%#157A5C

Channel breakdown

G140

B99

Red3 (1.2%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue162.04°

Saturation (HSL)95.8%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G 8C · B 63

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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