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Recognised as Colour

#328B9D

  • #328B9D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#328B9D is a cyan with RGB values 50, 139, 157 and HSL 190°, 52%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#328B9D#328B9D
HEX#328B9D
RGBrgb(50, 139, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.5451, 0.6157
RGB percentages19.6%, 54.5%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(190.1, 51.7%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.1, 68.2%, 61.6%)
CMYK68.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,312,541
CSS custom property--colour: #328B9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.32:1
Contrast with white3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#CD7462

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E869Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E7B9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009291no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12.4Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4Teal · ΔE 13.4Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2Slate grey · ΔE 19.3Steel blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 12.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D4432
Analogous#329D7A, #32559D
Triadic#9D328B, #8B9D32
Split complementary#9D3255, #9D7A32
Tetradic#7A329D, #9D4432, #559D32

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4DEE7
Lighter +30%#8DCEDB
Lighter +20%#67BDCE
Lighter +10%#40ACC2
Darker −10%#266976
Darker −20%#194750
Darker −30%#0D2429
Darker −40%#010202
More saturated +25%#189CB7
Less saturated −25%#4C7A83

Channel breakdown

R50
G139
B157
Red50 (19.6%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue190.09°
Saturation (HSL)51.69%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G 8B · B 9D

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