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Recognised as Colour

#153C29

  • #153C29
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#153C29 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 60, 41 and HSL 151°, 48%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#153C29#153C29
HEX#153C29
RGBrgb(21, 60, 41)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.2353, 0.1608
RGB percentages8.2%, 23.5%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(150.8, 48.1%, 15.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150.8, 65%, 23.5%)
CMYK65%, 0%, 31.7%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,391,657
CSS custom property--colour: #153C29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness49.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.28:1
Contrast with white12.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#EAC3D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3B3728no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#36332Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#073C37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.4Black · ΔE 30.3Dim grey · ΔE 30.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.5Teal · ΔE 32.2Dark cyan · ΔE 36.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 16.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C1528
Analogous#153C15, #153C3C
Triadic#29153C, #3C2915
Split complementary#3C153C, #3C1515
Tetradic#15153C, #3C1528, #3C3C15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#58C590
Lighter +30%#3DAD76
Lighter +20%#2F885D
Lighter +10%#226243
Darker −10%#08160F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0B4629
Less saturated −25%#1F3229

Channel breakdown

R21
G60
B41
Red21 (8.2%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue150.77°
Saturation (HSL)48.15%
Lightness15.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G 3C · B 29

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