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Recognised as Colour

#308B7E

  • #308B7E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#308B7E is a cyan with RGB values 48, 139, 126 and HSL 171°, 49%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#308B7E#308B7E
HEX#308B7E
RGBrgb(48, 139, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.5451, 0.4941
RGB percentages18.8%, 54.5%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(171.4, 48.7%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 65.5%, 54.5%)
CMYK65.5%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,181,438
CSS custom property--colour: #308B7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.12:1
Contrast with white4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#CF7481

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85837Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#77797Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#008E87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 8.1Teal · ΔE 8.7Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9Light seagreen · ΔE 16.2Sea green · ΔE 23.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B303D
Analogous#308B51, #306A8B
Triadic#7E308B, #8B7E30
Split complementary#8B306A, #8B5130
Tetradic#51308B, #8B303D, #6A8B30

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7E0D8
Lighter +30%#81D3C8
Lighter +20%#5BC6B7
Lighter +10%#3DB1A0
Darker −10%#23655C
Darker −20%#163F39
Darker −30%#091917
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#19A28F
Less saturated −25%#47746D

Channel breakdown

R48
G139
B126
Red48 (18.8%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue171.43°
Saturation (HSL)48.66%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 30 · G 8B · B 7E

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