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Recognised as Colour

#30A8A4

  • #30A8A4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#30A8A4 is a cyan with RGB values 48, 168, 164 and HSL 178°, 56%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#30A8A4#30A8A4
HEX#30A8A4
RGBrgb(48, 168, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.6588, 0.6431
RGB percentages18.8%, 65.9%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(178, 55.6%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178, 71.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK71.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,188,900
CSS custom property--colour: #30A8A4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#CF575B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9FA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C92A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.6Dark cyan · ΔE 10.9Cadetblue · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.8Teal · ΔE 15.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A83034
Analogous#30A868, #3070A8
Triadic#A430A8, #A8A430
Split complementary#A83070, #A86830
Tetradic#6830A8, #A83034, #70A830

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9EBE9
Lighter +30%#91E0DD
Lighter +20%#6AD4D1
Lighter +10%#42C9C5
Darker −10%#25807D
Darker −20%#195957
Darker −30%#0E3130
Darker −40%#030909
More saturated +25%#15C3BD
Less saturated −25%#4B8D8B

Channel breakdown

R48
G168
B164
Red48 (18.8%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue178°
Saturation (HSL)55.56%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 30 · G A8 · B A4

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