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Recognised as Colour

#38768B

  • #38768B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#38768B is a cyan with RGB values 56, 118, 139 and HSL 195°, 43%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#38768B#38768B
HEX#38768B
RGBrgb(56, 118, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.4627, 0.5451
RGB percentages22%, 46.3%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(195.2, 42.6%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.2, 59.7%, 54.5%)
CMYK59.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,700,363
CSS custom property--colour: #38768B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.08:1
Contrast with white5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#C78974

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A738Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E6A8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#007D7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 14.7Light slate grey · ΔE 15.9Teal · ΔE 17.9Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Cadetblue · ΔE 18.8Dark cyan · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 14.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B4D38
Analogous#388B76, #384D8B
Triadic#8B3876, #768B38
Split complementary#8B384D, #8B7638
Tetradic#76388B, #8B4D38, #4D8B38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0D3DF
Lighter +30%#8CBFD0
Lighter +20%#67ABC2
Lighter +10%#4795AF
Darker −10%#295767
Darker −20%#1B3842
Darker −30%#0C191E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2082A3
Less saturated −25%#506A73

Channel breakdown

R56
G118
B139
Red56 (22%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue195.18°
Saturation (HSL)42.56%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 76 · B 8B

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