Recognised as Colour

#12836E

#12836E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#12836E is a cyan with RGB values 18, 131, 110 and HSL 169°, 76%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#12836E#12836E

HEX#12836E

RGBrgb(18, 131, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.5137, 0.4314

RGB percentages7.1%, 51.4%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(168.8, 75.8%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 86.3%, 51.4%)

CMYK86.3%, 0%, 16%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,213,294

CSS custom property--colour: #12836E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#ED7C91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E7A6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#707070no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00857Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.1 Sea green · ΔE 18 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 22 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#831227

Analogous#128336, #126083

Triadic#6E1283, #836E12

Split complementary#831260, #833612

Tetradic#351283, #831227, #5F8312

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#75ECD6

Lighter +30%#48E6C9

Lighter +20%#1EDDB9

Lighter +10%#18B094

Darker −10%#0C5648

Darker −20%#062923

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#009579

Less saturated −25%#257062

Channel breakdown

R18

G131

B110

Red18 (7.1%)

Green131 (51.4%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue168.85°

Saturation (HSL)75.84%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 12 · G 83 · B 6E

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