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Recognised as Colour

#328C8A

  • #328C8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#328C8A is a cyan with RGB values 50, 140, 138 and HSL 179°, 47%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#328C8A#328C8A
HEX#328C8A
RGBrgb(50, 140, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.549, 0.5412
RGB percentages19.6%, 54.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(178.7, 47.4%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.7, 64.3%, 54.9%)
CMYK64.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,312,778
CSS custom property--colour: #328C8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.25:1
Contrast with white4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#CD7375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83858Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#757B8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#00908Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 4.7Teal · ΔE 5.7Cadetblue · ΔE 10.5Light seagreen · ΔE 16.6Slate grey · ΔE 24.7Light slate grey · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 4.71, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C3234
Analogous#328C5D, #32618C
Triadic#8A328C, #8C8A32
Split complementary#8C3261, #8C5D32
Tetradic#5D328C, #8C3234, #618C32

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AAE0DF
Lighter +30%#84D3D1
Lighter +20%#5EC6C3
Lighter +10%#3FB2AF
Darker −10%#256665
Darker −20%#174140
Darker −30%#0A1B1B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1AA4A1
Less saturated −25%#4A7473

Channel breakdown

R50
G140
B138
Red50 (19.6%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue178.67°
Saturation (HSL)47.37%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 32 · G 8C · B 8A

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