Colour

#156C84

#156C84
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#156C84 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 108, 132 and HSL 193°, 73%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#156C84#156C84

HEX#156C84

RGBrgb(21, 108, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.4235, 0.5176

RGB percentages8.2%, 42.4%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(193, 72.5%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193, 84.1%, 51.8%)

CMYK84.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,404,036

CSS custom property--colour: #156C84;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.98:1

Contrast with white5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#EA937B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E6985no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#505F84no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#007474no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 18.8 Steel blue · ΔE 19.6 Slate grey · ΔE 19.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 18.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#842D15

Analogous#158464, #153584

Triadic#84156C, #6C8415

Split complementary#841535, #846515

Tetradic#641584, #842D15, #358415

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#7BD2EA

Lighter +30%#4FC3E3

Lighter +20%#23B4DC

Lighter +10%#1C90B0

Darker −10%#0E4858

Darker −20%#07242C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#027797

Less saturated −25%#286171

Channel breakdown

R21

G108

B132

Red21 (8.2%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue192.97°

Saturation (HSL)72.55%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 15 · G 6C · B 84

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