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Recognised as Colour

#156A69

  • #156A69
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#156A69 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 106, 105 and HSL 179°, 67%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#156A69#156A69
HEX#156A69
RGBrgb(21, 106, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.4157, 0.4118
RGB percentages8.2%, 41.6%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(179.3, 66.9%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 80.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK80.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,403,497
CSS custom property--colour: #156A69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.37:1
Contrast with white6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#EA9596

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#636469no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#575B6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006D69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 9.6Dark cyan · ΔE 13.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.4Cadetblue · ΔE 21.2Dim grey · ΔE 25Slate grey · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A1516
Analogous#156A3F, #15416A
Triadic#69156A, #6A6915
Split complementary#6A1541, #6A3F15
Tetradic#3E156A, #6A1516, #406A15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AE1E0
Lighter +30%#3FD9D7
Lighter +20%#26BFBD
Lighter +10%#1D9593
Darker −10%#0D3F3F
Darker −20%#041515
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#057A79
Less saturated −25%#255A59

Channel breakdown

R21
G106
B105
Red21 (8.2%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue179.29°
Saturation (HSL)66.93%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G 6A · B 69

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