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Recognised as Colour

#124B51

  • #124B51
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#124B51 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 75, 81 and HSL 186°, 64%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#124B51#124B51
HEX#124B51
RGBrgb(18, 75, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.2941, 0.3176
RGB percentages7.1%, 29.4%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(185.7, 63.6%, 19.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 77.8%, 31.8%)
CMYK77.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 68.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,198,929
CSS custom property--colour: #124B51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.76:1
Contrast with white9.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#EDB4AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#444851no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B4151no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#004E4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 6.9Teal · ΔE 23.6Dim grey · ΔE 23.8Slate grey · ΔE 27.6Dark cyan · ΔE 27.8Light slate grey · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 6.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#511812
Analogous#125137, #122C51
Triadic#51124B, #4B5112
Split complementary#51122C, #513712
Tetradic#371251, #511812, #2C5112

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#56CDD9
Lighter +30%#2EBFCE
Lighter +20%#2598A4
Lighter +10%#1B727B
Darker −10%#092427
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#06555D
Less saturated −25%#1E4145

Channel breakdown

R18
G75
B81
Red18 (7.1%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue185.71°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness19.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 4B · B 51

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