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Recognised as Colour

#126C72

  • #126C72
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#126C72 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 108, 114 and HSL 184°, 73%, 26%. 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

#126C72#126C72
HEX#126C72
RGBrgb(18, 108, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.4235, 0.4471
RGB percentages7.1%, 42.4%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(183.8, 72.7%, 25.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.8, 84.2%, 44.7%)
CMYK84.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,207,410
CSS custom property--colour: #126C72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.15:1
Contrast with white6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#ED938D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#636772no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#565D72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00716Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 9.8Dark cyan · ΔE 13.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 16Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2Slate grey · ΔE 23.1Light slate grey · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 9.82, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#721812
Analogous#127248, #123C72
Triadic#72126C, #6C7212
Split complementary#72123C, #724812
Tetradic#481272, #721812, #3C7212

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#69DFE7
Lighter +30%#3DD6E0
Lighter +20%#20BFCA
Lighter +10%#19969E
Darker −10%#0B4246
Darker −20%#04191A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#027A83
Less saturated −25%#235E62

Channel breakdown

R18
G108
B114
Red18 (7.1%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue183.75°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness25.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 6C · B 72

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