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Recognised as Colour

#156D95

  • #156D95
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#156D95 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 109, 149 and HSL 199°, 75%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#156D95#156D95
HEX#156D95
RGBrgb(21, 109, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.4275, 0.5843
RGB percentages8.2%, 42.7%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(198.8, 75.3%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 85.9%, 58.4%)
CMYK85.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,404,309
CSS custom property--colour: #156D95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#EA926A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#596C97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#496194no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00777Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 22Light slate grey · ΔE 23Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.7Teal · ΔE 28.2Cadetblue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#953D15
Analogous#15957D, #152D95
Triadic#95156D, #6D9515
Split complementary#95152D, #957D15
Tetradic#7D1595, #953D15, #2D9515

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88CEEE
Lighter +30%#5BBCE8
Lighter +20%#2EAAE2
Lighter +10%#1B8EC2
Darker −10%#0F4C68
Darker −20%#082C3C
Darker −30%#020B0F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0075AA
Less saturated −25%#2A6580

Channel breakdown

R21
G109
B149
Red21 (8.2%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue198.75°
Saturation (HSL)75.29%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G 6D · B 95

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