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Recognised as Colour

#387D97

  • #387D97
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#387D97 is a cyan with RGB values 56, 125, 151 and HSL 196°, 46%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#387D97#387D97
HEX#387D97
RGBrgb(56, 125, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.4902, 0.5922
RGB percentages22%, 49%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(196.4, 45.9%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 62.9%, 59.2%)
CMYK62.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,702,167
CSS custom property--colour: #387D97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#C78268

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F7B98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#617197no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008585no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.4Slate grey · ΔE 15.5Light slate grey · ΔE 16.1Cadetblue · ΔE 18.8Teal · ΔE 19.5Dark cyan · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#975238
Analogous#389782, #384D97
Triadic#97387D, #7D9738
Split complementary#97384E, #978238
Tetradic#823897, #975238, #4D9738

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7D8E4
Lighter +30%#92C4D6
Lighter +20%#6CAFC9
Lighter +10%#479BBB
Darker −10%#2A5E72
Darker −20%#1C3F4D
Darker −30%#0F2127
Darker −40%#010202
More saturated +25%#1E89B1
Less saturated −25%#52717D

Channel breakdown

R56
G125
B151
Red56 (22%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue196.42°
Saturation (HSL)45.89%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 7D · B 97

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