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Recognised as Colour

#32A39E

  • #32A39E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#32A39E is a cyan with RGB values 50, 163, 158 and HSL 177°, 53%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#32A39E#32A39E
HEX#32A39E
RGBrgb(50, 163, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.6392, 0.6196
RGB percentages19.6%, 63.9%, 62%
HSLhsl(177.3, 53.1%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.3, 69.3%, 63.9%)
CMYK69.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,318,686
CSS custom property--colour: #32A39E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#CD5C61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999B9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#898E9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00A7A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.3Dark cyan · ΔE 9.3Cadetblue · ΔE 12.3Teal · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A33237
Analogous#32A366, #326FA3
Triadic#9E32A3, #A39E32
Split complementary#A3326F, #A36632
Tetradic#6632A3, #A33237, #6FA332

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8E9E7
Lighter +30%#91DDDA
Lighter +20%#6AD1CD
Lighter +10%#43C5BF
Darker −10%#267C78
Darker −20%#1A5552
Darker −30%#0E2E2D
Darker −40%#020707
More saturated +25%#17BEB6
Less saturated −25%#4D8886

Channel breakdown

R50
G163
B158
Red50 (19.6%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue177.35°
Saturation (HSL)53.05%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 32 · G A3 · B 9E

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