Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#359C7E

  • #359C7E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#359C7E is a cyan with RGB values 53, 156, 126 and HSL 163°, 49%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#359C7E#359C7E
HEX#359C7E
RGBrgb(53, 156, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.6118, 0.4941
RGB percentages20.8%, 61.2%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(162.5, 49.3%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.5, 66%, 61.2%)
CMYK66%, 0%, 19.2%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,513,470
CSS custom property--colour: #359C7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.21:1
Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#CA6381

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98927Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#898780no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 14.7Light seagreen · ΔE 15.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.7Dark cyan · ΔE 18.3Teal · ΔE 20.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 14.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C3553
Analogous#359C4B, #35869C
Triadic#7E359C, #9C7E35
Split complementary#9C3586, #9C4B35
Tetradic#4B359C, #9C3553, #869C35

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7E6D8
Lighter +30%#91D9C4
Lighter +20%#6ACDB0
Lighter +10%#44C09C
Darker −10%#28765F
Darker −20%#1B5041
Darker −30%#0E2A22
Darker −40%#010403
More saturated +25%#1BB689
Less saturated −25%#4F8273

Channel breakdown

R53
G156
B126
Red53 (20.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue162.52°
Saturation (HSL)49.28%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 35 · G 9C · B 7E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “359c7e” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.