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Recognised as Colour

#38756E

  • #38756E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#38756E is a cyan with RGB values 56, 117, 110 and HSL 173°, 35%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#38756E#38756E
HEX#38756E
RGBrgb(56, 117, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.4588, 0.4314
RGB percentages22%, 45.9%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(173.1, 35.3%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.1, 52.1%, 45.9%)
CMYK52.1%, 0%, 6%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,700,078
CSS custom property--colour: #38756E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.33:1
Contrast with white5.33:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#C78A91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#706F6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#66686Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#167773no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 10.1Dark cyan · ΔE 13.3Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.2Dim grey · ΔE 21.7Slate grey · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75383F
Analogous#387550, #385E75
Triadic#6E3875, #756E38
Split complementary#75385D, #755038
Tetradic#503875, #75383F, #5E7538

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5D4CF
Lighter +30%#83C3BC
Lighter +20%#60B3A9
Lighter +10%#49978E
Darker −10%#27534E
Darker −20%#17302D
Darker −30%#060E0D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#228B7F
Less saturated −25%#4E5F5D

Channel breakdown

R56
G117
B110
Red56 (22%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue173.11°
Saturation (HSL)35.26%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G 75 · B 6E

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