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Recognised as Colour

#38778C

  • #38778C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#38778C is a cyan with RGB values 56, 119, 140 and HSL 195°, 43%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#38778C#38778C
HEX#38778C
RGBrgb(56, 119, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.4667, 0.549
RGB percentages22%, 46.7%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(195, 42.9%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 60%, 54.9%)
CMYK60%, 15%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,700,620
CSS custom property--colour: #38778C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#C78873

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6B748Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F6B8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#007E7Eno 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 text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 14.7Light slate grey · ΔE 15.9Teal · ΔE 17.7Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5Dark cyan · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 14.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C4D38
Analogous#388C77, #384D8C
Triadic#8C3877, #778C38
Split complementary#8C384D, #8C7738
Tetradic#77388C, #8C4D38, #4D8C38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0D4E0
Lighter +30%#8CC0D1
Lighter +20%#68ACC2
Lighter +10%#4796B0
Darker −10%#295868
Darker −20%#1B3943
Darker −30%#0C1A1F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2083A5
Less saturated −25%#516B74

Channel breakdown

R56
G119
B140
Red56 (22%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 77 · B 8C

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