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Recognised as Colour

#36DFCA

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

#36DFCA is a cyan with RGB values 54, 223, 202 and HSL 173°, 73%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#36DFCA#36DFCA
HEX#36DFCA
RGBrgb(54, 223, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.8745, 0.7922
RGB percentages21.2%, 87.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(172.5, 72.5%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 75.8%, 87.5%)
CMYK75.8%, 0%, 9.4%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,596,234
CSS custom property--colour: #36DFCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.56:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#C92035

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D2C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC1CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00E3D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.4Aquamarine · ΔE 16.2Aqua · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.28, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF364B
Analogous#36DF75, #36A0DF
Triadic#CA36DF, #DFCA36
Split complementary#DF36A0, #DF7536
Tetradic#7536DF, #DF364B, #A0DF36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6FBF8
Lighter +30%#BAF4ED
Lighter +20%#8EEDE1
Lighter +10%#62E6D6
Darker −10%#1FC3AF
Darker −20%#189787
Darker −30%#116B60
Darker −40%#0A3F38
More saturated +25%#19FCE0
Less saturated −25%#53C2B4

Channel breakdown

R54
G223
B202
Red54 (21.2%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue172.54°
Saturation (HSL)72.53%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 36 · G DF · B CA

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