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Recognised as Colour

#38888D

  • #38888D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#38888D is a cyan with RGB values 56, 136, 141 and HSL 184°, 43%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#38888D#38888D
HEX#38888D
RGBrgb(56, 136, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.5333, 0.5529
RGB percentages22%, 53.3%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(183.5, 43.1%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.5, 60.3%, 55.3%)
CMYK60.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,704,973
CSS custom property--colour: #38888D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.07:1
Contrast with white4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#C77772

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F828Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#71788Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008D89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 7.6Dark cyan · ΔE 8.1Cadetblue · ΔE 9.7Slate grey · ΔE 20.4Light seagreen · ΔE 20.5Light slate grey · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 7.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D3D38
Analogous#388D67, #385E8D
Triadic#8D3888, #888D38
Split complementary#8D385E, #8D6738
Tetradic#68388D, #8D3D38, #5E8D38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1DDE0
Lighter +30%#8CCDD2
Lighter +20%#68BEC3
Lighter +10%#46ABB2
Darker −10%#2A6568
Darker −20%#1B4244
Darker −30%#0D1E1F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1F9EA6
Less saturated −25%#517274

Channel breakdown

R56
G136
B141
Red56 (22%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue183.53°
Saturation (HSL)43.15%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G 88 · B 8D

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