Recognised as Colour

#38816D

#38816D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#38816D is a cyan with RGB values 56, 129, 109 and HSL 164°, 39%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#38816D

RGBrgb(56, 129, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.5059, 0.4275

RGB percentages22%, 50.6%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(163.6, 39.5%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163.6, 56.6%, 50.6%)

CMYK56.6%, 0%, 15.5%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,703,149

CSS custom property--colour: #38816D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1

Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#C77E92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D796Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#72716Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Tritanopia#11827Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.6 Sea green · ΔE 20.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#81384C

Analogous#388149, #387081

Triadic#6D3881, #816D38

Split complementary#813871, #814938

Tetradic#483881, #81384C, #708138

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ABDACD

Lighter +30%#87CBB8

Lighter +20%#64BBA3

Lighter +10%#47A58B

Darker −10%#295D4F

Darker −20%#193A31

Darker −30%#0A1613

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#219877

Less saturated −25%#4F6A63

Channel breakdown

R56

G129

B109

Red56 (22%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue163.56°

Saturation (HSL)39.46%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 38 · G 81 · B 6D

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