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Recognised as Colour

#388F7F

  • #388F7F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#388F7F is a cyan with RGB values 56, 143, 127 and HSL 169°, 44%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#388F7F#388F7F
HEX#388F7F
RGBrgb(56, 143, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.5608, 0.498
RGB percentages22%, 56.1%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(169, 43.7%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169, 60.8%, 56.1%)
CMYK60.8%, 0%, 11.2%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,706,751
CSS custom property--colour: #388F7F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.4:1
Contrast with white3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#C77080

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#89877Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C7D80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00918Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 10Teal · ΔE 11Cadetblue · ΔE 15Light seagreen · ΔE 15.6Sea green · ΔE 21.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8F3848
Analogous#388F53, #38748F
Triadic#7F388F, #8F7F38
Split complementary#8F3874, #8F5438
Tetradic#54388F, #8F3848, #748F38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2E1D8
Lighter +30%#8DD3C6
Lighter +20%#69C4B3
Lighter +10%#46B4A0
Darker −10%#2A6A5E
Darker −20%#1B463E
Darker −30%#0D211D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1FA88F
Less saturated −25%#51766F

Channel breakdown

R56
G143
B127
Red56 (22%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue168.97°
Saturation (HSL)43.72%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G 8F · B 7F

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