Recognised as Colour

#386D87

#386D87
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#386D87 is a cyan with RGB values 56, 109, 135 and HSL 200°, 41%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#386D87

RGBrgb(56, 109, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.4275, 0.5294

RGB percentages22%, 42.7%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(199.7, 41.4%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 58.5%, 52.9%)

CMYK58.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,698,055

CSS custom property--colour: #386D87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.67:1

Contrast with white5.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#C79278

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#606C88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#556387no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Tritanopia#007476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 15 Steel blue · ΔE 16.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.3 Dim grey · ΔE 21.9 Teal · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 14.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#875238

Analogous#38877A, #384687

Triadic#87386D, #6D8738

Split complementary#873846, #877A38

Tetradic#7A3887, #875238, #458738

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#AECEDD

Lighter +30%#8AB8CE

Lighter +20%#66A2BF

Lighter +10%#478AAB

Darker −10%#295063

Darker −20%#1A333F

Darker −30%#0B161B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#20759F

Less saturated −25%#50656F

Channel breakdown

R56

G109

B135

Red56 (22%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue199.75°

Saturation (HSL)41.36%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G 6D · B 87

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