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Recognised as Colour

#124C42

  • #124C42
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#124C42 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 76, 66 and HSL 170°, 62%, 18%. 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

#124C42#124C42
HEX#124C42
RGBrgb(18, 76, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.298, 0.2588
RGB percentages7.1%, 29.8%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(169.7, 61.7%, 18.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.7, 76.3%, 29.8%)
CMYK76.3%, 0%, 13.2%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,199,170
CSS custom property--colour: #124C42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#EDB3BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#494742no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#404143no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#004D49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.7Teal · ΔE 23Dim grey · ΔE 26.4Dark cyan · ΔE 27.2Gray · ΔE 32.7Slate grey · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4C121C
Analogous#124C25, #12394C
Triadic#42124C, #4C4212
Split complementary#4C1239, #4C2512
Tetradic#25124C, #4C121C, #394C12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#54D6C0
Lighter +30%#2FC8AD
Lighter +20%#269E8A
Lighter +10%#1C7566
Darker −10%#08231E
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#06584A
Less saturated −25%#1E403A

Channel breakdown

R18
G76
B66
Red18 (7.1%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue169.66°
Saturation (HSL)61.7%
Lightness18.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 12 · G 4C · B 42

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