Recognised as Colour
#328F72
- #328F72
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Sea green
#328F72 is a cyan with RGB values 50, 143, 114 and HSL 161°, 48%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.
Colour values
#328F72#328F72
HEX#328F72
RGBrgb(50, 143, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.5608, 0.4471
RGB percentages19.6%, 56.1%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(161.3, 48.2%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.3, 65%, 56.1%)
CMYK65%, 0%, 20.3%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,313,522
CSS custom property--colour: #328F72;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.21538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.31:1
Contrast with white3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.31:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#CD708D
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8F324F
Analogous#328F43, #327E8F
Triadic#72328F, #8F7232
Split complementary#8F327E, #8F4332
Tetradic#43328F, #8F324F, #7E8F32
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R50
G143
B114
Red50 (19.6%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue161.29°
Saturation (HSL)48.19%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 32 · G 8F · B 72
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