Recognised as Colour

#34A28F

#34A28F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#34A28F is a cyan with RGB values 52, 162, 143 and HSL 170°, 51%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#34A28F#34A28F

HEX#34A28F

RGBrgb(52, 162, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.6353, 0.5608

RGB percentages20.4%, 63.5%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(169.6, 51.4%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.6, 67.9%, 63.5%)

CMYK67.9%, 0%, 11.7%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,449,487

CSS custom property--colour: #34A28F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.71:1

Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#CB5D70

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B988Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C8D91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Tritanopia#00A59Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.7 Teal · ΔE 16.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A23447

Analogous#34A258, #347EA2

Triadic#8F34A2, #A28F34

Split complementary#A2347E, #A25834

Tetradic#5834A2, #A23447, #7EA234

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B9E9E0

Lighter +30%#93DCD0

Lighter +20%#6CD0BF

Lighter +10%#46C3AE

Darker −10%#287B6D

Darker −20%#1B554B

Darker −30%#0F2E29

Darker −40%#020807

More saturated +25%#19BDA1

Less saturated −25%#4F877D

Channel breakdown

R52

G162

B143

Red52 (20.4%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue169.64°

Saturation (HSL)51.4%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 34 · G A2 · B 8F

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