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Recognised as Colour

#385A56

  • #385A56
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#385A56 is a cyan with RGB values 56, 90, 86 and HSL 173°, 23%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#385A56#385A56
HEX#385A56
RGBrgb(56, 90, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.3529, 0.3373
RGB percentages22%, 35.3%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(172.9, 23.3%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 37.8%, 35.3%)
CMYK37.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,693,142
CSS custom property--colour: #385A56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#C7A5A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#575656no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#515256no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#2C5B59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.1Dim grey · ΔE 16.1Teal · ΔE 21.1Slate grey · ΔE 22.4Gray · ΔE 22.4Light slate grey · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A383C
Analogous#385A45, #384D5A
Triadic#56385A, #5A5638
Split complementary#5A384D, #5A4538
Tetradic#45385A, #5A383C, #4D5A38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9CC2BD
Lighter +30%#7DAEA8
Lighter +20%#5F9992
Lighter +10%#4C7974
Darker −10%#243B38
Darker −20%#111B1A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#266C64
Less saturated −25%#494949

Channel breakdown

R56
G90
B86
Red56 (22%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue172.94°
Saturation (HSL)23.29%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G 5A · B 56

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