Recognised as Colour

#116C89

#116C89
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#116C89 is a cyan with RGB values 17, 108, 137 and HSL 195°, 78%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#116C89#116C89

HEX#116C89

RGBrgb(17, 108, 137)

RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.4235, 0.5373

RGB percentages6.7%, 42.4%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(194.5, 77.9%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 87.6%, 53.7%)

CMYK87.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,141,897

CSS custom property--colour: #116C89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.95:1

Contrast with white5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#EE9376

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C6A8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D5F89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Tritanopia#007476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 17 Slate grey · ΔE 20.2 Teal · ΔE 21.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#892E11

Analogous#11896A, #113089

Triadic#89116C, #6C8911

Split complementary#891130, #896A11

Tetradic#6A1189, #892E11, #308911

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#78D2EE

Lighter +30%#4AC2E9

Lighter +20%#1DB3E3

Lighter +10%#1790B6

Darker −10%#0B485C

Darker −20%#06242E

Darker −30%#000101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00759A

Less saturated −25%#246276

Channel breakdown

R17

G108

B137

Red17 (6.7%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue194.5°

Saturation (HSL)77.92%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 11 · G 6C · B 89

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