Colour

#36D9C8

#36D9C8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#36D9C8 is a cyan with RGB values 54, 217, 200 and HSL 174°, 68%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#36D9C8#36D9C8

HEX#36D9C8

RGBrgb(54, 217, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.851, 0.7843

RGB percentages21.2%, 85.1%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(173.7, 68.2%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.7, 75.1%, 85.1%)

CMYK75.1%, 0%, 7.8%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,594,696

CSS custom property--colour: #36D9C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.92:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#C92637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CECCC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BCCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00DED4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 15 Aqua · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.55, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D93647

Analogous#36D977, #3698D9

Triadic#C836D9, #D9C836

Split complementary#D93698, #D97736

Tetradic#7736D9, #D93647, #98D936

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2F9F7

Lighter +30%#B7F1EB

Lighter +20%#8CE9DF

Lighter +10%#61E1D4

Darker −10%#23B9A9

Darker −20%#1B8E82

Darker −30%#13635B

Darker −40%#0B3834

More saturated +25%#18F7E0

Less saturated −25%#54BBB0

Channel breakdown

R54

G217

B200

Red54 (21.2%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue173.74°

Saturation (HSL)68.2%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 36 · G D9 · B C8

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