Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#379C8D

  • #379C8D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#379C8D is a cyan with RGB values 55, 156, 141 and HSL 171°, 48%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#379C8D#379C8D
HEX#379C8D
RGBrgb(55, 156, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.6118, 0.5529
RGB percentages21.6%, 61.2%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(171.1, 47.9%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 64.7%, 61.2%)
CMYK64.7%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,644,557
CSS custom property--colour: #379C8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.3:1
Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#C86372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95938Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#86888Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#009F97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.4Dark cyan · ΔE 10.6Teal · ΔE 13.4Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C3746
Analogous#379C5A, #37789C
Triadic#8D379C, #9C8D37
Split complementary#9C3778, #9C5A37
Tetradic#5B379C, #9C3746, #799C37

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9E6DF
Lighter +30%#93D9CF
Lighter +20%#6DCCBE
Lighter +10%#48BEAD
Darker −10%#2A766B
Darker −20%#1C5149
Darker −30%#0F2B27
Darker −40%#020505
More saturated +25%#1DB6A0
Less saturated −25%#51827A

Channel breakdown

R55
G156
B141
Red55 (21.6%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue171.09°
Saturation (HSL)47.87%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 37 · G 9C · B 8D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “379c8d” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.