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Recognised as Colour

#36DCCA

  • #36DCCA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#36DCCA is a cyan with RGB values 54, 220, 202 and HSL 173°, 70%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#36DCCA#36DCCA
HEX#36DCCA
RGBrgb(54, 220, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.8627, 0.7922
RGB percentages21.2%, 86.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(173.5, 70.3%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 75.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK75.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,595,466
CSS custom property--colour: #36DCCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#C92335

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1CFC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBBFCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1D6no 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 text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.9Aqua · ΔE 16.1Cyan · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.05, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC3648
Analogous#36DC77, #369BDC
Triadic#CA36DC, #DCCA36
Split complementary#DC369B, #DC7736
Tetradic#7736DC, #DC3648, #9BDC36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4FAF8
Lighter +30%#B8F3EC
Lighter +20%#8DEBE1
Lighter +10%#61E4D5
Darker −10%#21BEAD
Darker −20%#1A9285
Darker −30%#12675E
Darker −40%#0A3C36
More saturated +25%#18FAE1
Less saturated −25%#53BFB3

Channel breakdown

R54
G220
B202
Red54 (21.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue173.49°
Saturation (HSL)70.34%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 36 · G DC · B CA

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