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Recognised as Colour

#36CBB8

  • #36CBB8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#36CBB8 is a cyan with RGB values 54, 203, 184 and HSL 172°, 59%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#36CBB8#36CBB8
HEX#36CBB8
RGBrgb(54, 203, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.7961, 0.7216
RGB percentages21.2%, 79.6%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(172.3, 58.9%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 73.4%, 79.6%)
CMYK73.4%, 0%, 9.4%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,591,096
CSS custom property--colour: #36CBB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.39:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#C93447

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1BFB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB0BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CFC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.9Light seagreen · ΔE 10.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.2Aquamarine · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB3649
Analogous#36CB6D, #3694CB
Triadic#B836CB, #CBB836
Split complementary#CB3694, #CB6D36
Tetradic#6D36CB, #CB3649, #94CB36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8F5F1
Lighter +30%#B0EAE3
Lighter +20%#87E0D5
Lighter +10%#5FD5C6
Darker −10%#2AA494
Darker −20%#207B70
Darker −30%#15534B
Darker −40%#0B2A26
More saturated +25%#16EBD0
Less saturated −25%#56ABA0

Channel breakdown

R54
G203
B184
Red54 (21.2%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue172.35°
Saturation (HSL)58.89%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 36 · G CB · B B8

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