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Recognised as Colour

#38534F

  • #38534F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#38534F is a cyan with RGB values 56, 83, 79 and HSL 171°, 19%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#38534F#38534F
HEX#38534F
RGBrgb(56, 83, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.3255, 0.3098
RGB percentages22%, 32.5%, 31%
HSLhsl(171.1, 19.4%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 32.5%, 32.5%)
CMYK32.5%, 0%, 4.8%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,691,343
CSS custom property--colour: #38534F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.34:1
Contrast with white8.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#C7ACB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#50504Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B4C4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#305452no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 3.4Dim grey · ΔE 15.9Gray · ΔE 23.3Slate grey · ΔE 23.7Teal · ΔE 24.5Light slate grey · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.42, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#53383C
Analogous#385342, #384A53
Triadic#4F3853, #534F38
Split complementary#53384A, #534238
Tetradic#423853, #53383C, #4A5338

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BBCB7
Lighter +30%#7DA7A1
Lighter +20%#619089
Lighter +10%#4D716C
Darker −10%#233532
Darker −20%#0F1615
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#27645B
Less saturated −25%#464646

Channel breakdown

R56
G83
B79
Red56 (22%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue171.11°
Saturation (HSL)19.42%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G 53 · B 4F

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