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Recognised as Colour

#238A80

  • #238A80
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#238A80 is a cyan with RGB values 35, 138, 128 and HSL 174°, 60%, 34%. 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

#238A80#238A80
HEX#238A80
RGBrgb(35, 138, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.5412, 0.502
RGB percentages13.7%, 54.1%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(174.2, 59.5%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.2, 74.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK74.6%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,329,216
CSS custom property--colour: #238A80;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#DC757F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#838280no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#747781no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#008D87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 6.1Teal · ΔE 6.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.1Light seagreen · ΔE 15.7Sea green · ΔE 24.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A232D
Analogous#238A4D, #23618A
Triadic#80238A, #8A8023
Split complementary#8A2361, #8A4D23
Tetradic#4D238A, #8A232D, #608A23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#95E4DC
Lighter +30%#6CDACF
Lighter +20%#44CFC2
Lighter +10%#2DB3A6
Darker −10%#19615A
Darker −20%#0E3935
Darker −30%#04100F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0DA091
Less saturated −25%#39746F

Channel breakdown

R35
G138
B128
Red35 (13.7%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue174.17°
Saturation (HSL)59.54%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 23 · G 8A · B 80

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