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Recognised as Colour

#156F81

  • #156F81
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#156F81 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 111, 129 and HSL 190°, 72%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#156F81#156F81
HEX#156F81
RGBrgb(21, 111, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.4353, 0.5059
RGB percentages8.2%, 43.5%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(190, 72%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190, 83.7%, 50.6%)
CMYK83.7%, 14%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,404,801
CSS custom property--colour: #156F81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.8:1
Contrast with white5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#EA907E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#636B82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#546181no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007675no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 14.6Dark cyan · ΔE 17.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 19Slate grey · ΔE 20.1Cadetblue · ΔE 20.7Light slate grey · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 14.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#812715
Analogous#15815D, #153981
Triadic#81156F, #6F8115
Split complementary#811539, #815D15
Tetradic#5D1581, #812715, #398115

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#79D6E9
Lighter +30%#4DC9E2
Lighter +20%#23BAD9
Lighter +10%#1C95AD
Darker −10%#0E4955
Darker −20%#072429
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#027C94
Less saturated −25%#28636E

Channel breakdown

R21
G111
B129
Red21 (8.2%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue190°
Saturation (HSL)72%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G 6F · B 81

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