Recognised as Colour
#126C69
- #126C69
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#126C69 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 108, 105 and HSL 178°, 71%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#126C69#126C69
HEX#126C69
RGBrgb(18, 108, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.4235, 0.4118
RGB percentages7.1%, 42.4%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(178, 71.4%, 24.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178, 83.3%, 42.4%)
CMYK83.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,207,401
CSS custom property--colour: #126C69;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.11874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.22:1
Contrast with white6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#ED9396
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6C1215
Analogous#126C3C, #12426C
Triadic#69126C, #6C6912
Split complementary#6C1242, #6C3C12
Tetradic#3C126C, #6C1215, #426C12
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R18
G108
B105
Red18 (7.1%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue178°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness24.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 12 · G 6C · B 69
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