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Recognised as Colour

#156A49

  • #156A49
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#156A49 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 106, 73 and HSL 157°, 67%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#156A49#156A49
HEX#156A49
RGBrgb(21, 106, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.4157, 0.2863
RGB percentages8.2%, 41.6%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(156.7, 66.9%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.7, 80.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK80.2%, 0%, 31.1%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,403,465
CSS custom property--colour: #156A49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#EA95B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#686147no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5A4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006A61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 16.1Teal · ΔE 22.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.8Dark cyan · ΔE 24.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.5Cadetblue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 16.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A1536
Analogous#156A1F, #15606A
Triadic#49156A, #6A4915
Split complementary#6A1560, #6A1F15
Tetradic#1F156A, #6A1536, #606A15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AE1B3
Lighter +30%#3FD99D
Lighter +20%#26BF84
Lighter +10%#1D9566
Darker −10%#0D3F2C
Darker −20%#04150E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#057A4D
Less saturated −25%#255A45

Channel breakdown

R21
G106
B73
Red21 (8.2%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue156.71°
Saturation (HSL)66.93%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G 6A · B 49

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