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Recognised as Colour

#149CBE

  • #149CBE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#149CBE is a cyan with RGB values 20, 156, 190 and HSL 192°, 81%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#149CBE#149CBE
HEX#149CBE
RGBrgb(20, 156, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.6118, 0.7451
RGB percentages7.8%, 61.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(192, 81%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 89.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK89.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,350,846
CSS custom property--colour: #149CBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1
Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#EB6341

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8898C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7389BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A7A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 19.3Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.6Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Dark cyan · ΔE 21.6Light skyblue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 19.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE3614
Analogous#14BE8B, #1447BE
Triadic#BE149C, #9CBE14
Split complementary#BE1447, #BE8B14
Tetradic#8B14BE, #BE3614, #47BE14

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A8E6F6
Lighter +30%#7AD9F1
Lighter +20%#4CCCEC
Lighter +10%#1EBFE7
Darker −10%#0F7690
Darker −20%#0A5062
Darker −30%#052A34
Darker −40%#010405
More saturated +25%#00A8D2
Less saturated −25%#2E8CA4

Channel breakdown

R20
G156
B190
Red20 (7.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)80.95%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 14 · G 9C · B BE

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