Recognised as Colour

#36AEA7

#36AEA7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#36AEA7 is a cyan with RGB values 54, 174, 167 and HSL 177°, 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

#36AEA7#36AEA7

HEX#36AEA7

RGBrgb(54, 174, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.6824, 0.6549

RGB percentages21.2%, 68.2%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(176.5, 52.6%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.5, 69%, 68.2%)

CMYK69%, 0%, 4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,583,655

CSS custom property--colour: #36AEA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#C95158

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4A5A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9398A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00B3ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 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 text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9 Teal · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.61, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE363D

Analogous#36AE6B, #3679AE

Triadic#A736AE, #AEA736

Split complementary#AE3679, #AE6B36

Tetradic#6B36AE, #AE363D, #79AE36

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3EDEA

Lighter +30%#9DE0DC

Lighter +20%#76D4CF

Lighter +10%#4FC8C1

Darker −10%#2A8782

Darker −20%#1E605C

Darker −30%#123937

Darker −40%#061212

More saturated +25%#1ACBC0

Less saturated −25%#53928E

Channel breakdown

R54

G174

B167

Red54 (21.2%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue176.5°

Saturation (HSL)52.63%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 36 · G AE · B A7

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