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Colour

#385A5D

  • #385A5D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#385A5D is a cyan with RGB values 56, 90, 93 and HSL 185°, 25%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#385A5D#385A5D
HEX#385A5D
RGBrgb(56, 90, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.3529, 0.3647
RGB percentages22%, 35.3%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(184.9, 24.8%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.9, 39.8%, 36.5%)
CMYK39.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,693,149
CSS custom property--colour: #385A5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#C7A5A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#55575Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F525Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#295C5Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5Dim grey · ΔE 15.3Slate grey · ΔE 20Teal · ΔE 21.6Gray · ΔE 21.8Light slate grey · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D3B38
Analogous#385D4D, #38485D
Triadic#5D385A, #5A5D38
Split complementary#5D3848, #5D4D38
Tetradic#4D385D, #5D3B38, #485D38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9DC1C4
Lighter +30%#7DADB1
Lighter +20%#5E989D
Lighter +10%#4B797D
Darker −10%#253B3D
Darker −20%#121C1D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#256A70
Less saturated −25%#4A4A4A

Channel breakdown

R56
G90
B93
Red56 (22%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue184.86°
Saturation (HSL)24.83%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 5A · B 5D

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