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Recognised as Colour

#36ADB2

  • #36ADB2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#36ADB2 is a cyan with RGB values 54, 173, 178 and HSL 182°, 53%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#36ADB2#36ADB2
HEX#36ADB2
RGBrgb(54, 173, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.6784, 0.698
RGB percentages21.2%, 67.8%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(182.4, 53.4%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.4, 69.7%, 69.8%)
CMYK69.7%, 2.8%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,583,410
CSS custom property--colour: #36ADB2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#C9524D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A5B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E98B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.2Cadetblue · ΔE 12.3Dark cyan · ΔE 13Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.4Teal · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B23B36
Analogous#36B279, #366FB2
Triadic#B236AD, #ADB236
Split complementary#B2366F, #B27936
Tetradic#7936B2, #B23B36, #6FB236

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6ECEE
Lighter +30%#9FDFE2
Lighter +20%#78D2D6
Lighter +10%#51C5CA
Darker −10%#2A878B
Darker −20%#1E6164
Darker −30%#123B3D
Darker −40%#071515
More saturated +25%#19C8CF
Less saturated −25%#539295

Channel breakdown

R54
G173
B178
Red54 (21.2%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue182.42°
Saturation (HSL)53.45%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G AD · B B2

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