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Recognised as Colour

#36A987

  • #36A987
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#36A987 is a cyan with RGB values 54, 169, 135 and HSL 162°, 52%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#36A987#36A987
HEX#36A987
RGBrgb(54, 169, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.6627, 0.5294
RGB percentages21.2%, 66.3%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(162.3, 51.6%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.3, 68%, 66.3%)
CMYK68%, 0%, 20.1%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,582,343
CSS custom property--colour: #36A987;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#C95678

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49E85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#959289no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00AA9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.4Light seagreen · ΔE 15.3Sea green · ΔE 16Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 13.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A93658
Analogous#36A94E, #3692A9
Triadic#8736A9, #A98736
Split complementary#A93692, #A94D36
Tetradic#4E36A9, #A93658, #92A936

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0EBDE
Lighter +30%#99DFCA
Lighter +20%#73D2B6
Lighter +10%#4CC6A2
Darker −10%#2A8268
Darker −20%#1D5C49
Darker −30%#11352A
Darker −40%#050E0C
More saturated +25%#1AC592
Less saturated −25%#528D7C

Channel breakdown

R54
G169
B135
Red54 (21.2%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue162.26°
Saturation (HSL)51.57%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 36 · G A9 · B 87

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