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Recognised as Colour

#148D97

  • #148D97
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#148D97 is a cyan with RGB values 20, 141, 151 and HSL 185°, 77%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#148D97#148D97
HEX#148D97
RGBrgb(20, 141, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.5529, 0.5922
RGB percentages7.8%, 55.3%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(184.6, 76.6%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 86.8%, 59.2%)
CMYK86.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,346,967
CSS custom property--colour: #148D97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#EB7268

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#818798no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#707A97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#009390no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#971E14
Analogous#149760, #144B97
Triadic#97148D, #8D9714
Split complementary#97144C, #976014
Tetradic#601497, #971E14, #4B9714

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#88E7EF
Lighter +30%#5BDEE9
Lighter +20%#2ED5E3
Lighter +10%#1AB7C4
Darker −10%#0E636A
Darker −20%#08393D
Darker −30%#020F10
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009EAB
Less saturated −25%#297B82

Channel breakdown

R20
G141
B151
Red20 (7.8%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue184.58°
Saturation (HSL)76.61%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 8D · B 97

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