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Recognised as Colour

#385D5A

  • #385D5A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#385D5A is a cyan with RGB values 56, 93, 90 and HSL 175°, 25%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#385D5A#385D5A
HEX#385D5A
RGBrgb(56, 93, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.3647, 0.3529
RGB percentages22%, 36.5%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(175.1, 24.8%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.1, 39.8%, 36.5%)
CMYK39.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,693,914
CSS custom property--colour: #385D5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.29:1
Contrast with white7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#C7A2A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#59595Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#52545Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#2A5F5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 6.1Dim grey · ΔE 16.1Teal · ΔE 19.7Slate grey · ΔE 21.6Gray · ΔE 22Dark cyan · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 6.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D383B
Analogous#385D48, #384D5D
Triadic#5A385D, #5D5A38
Split complementary#5D384D, #5D4838
Tetradic#48385D, #5D383B, #4D5D38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9DC4C1
Lighter +30%#7DB1AD
Lighter +20%#5E9D98
Lighter +10%#4B7D79
Darker −10%#253D3B
Darker −20%#121D1C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#25706A
Less saturated −25%#4A4A4A

Channel breakdown

R56
G93
B90
Red56 (22%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue175.14°
Saturation (HSL)24.83%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G 5D · B 5A

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