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Recognised as Colour

#38505A

  • #38505A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#38505A is a cyan with RGB values 56, 80, 90 and HSL 198°, 23%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#38505A#38505A
HEX#38505A
RGBrgb(56, 80, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.3137, 0.3529
RGB percentages22%, 31.4%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(197.6, 23.3%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 37.8%, 35.3%)
CMYK37.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,690,586
CSS custom property--colour: #38505A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.53:1
Contrast with white8.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#C7AFA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B4F5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#454B5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2C5353no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.5Dim grey · ΔE 16.1Slate grey · ΔE 20.8Gray · ΔE 23.7Light slate grey · ΔE 23.9Teal · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A4238
Analogous#385A53, #383F5A
Triadic#5A3850, #505A38
Split complementary#5A383F, #5A5338
Tetradic#53385A, #5A4238, #3F5A38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9CB7C2
Lighter +30%#7DA0AE
Lighter +20%#5F8899
Lighter +10%#4C6C79
Darker −10%#24343B
Darker −20%#11181B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#26586C
Less saturated −25%#494949

Channel breakdown

R56
G80
B90
Red56 (22%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue197.65°
Saturation (HSL)23.29%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 50 · B 5A

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