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Colour

#156F94

  • #156F94
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#156F94 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 111, 148 and HSL 197°, 75%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#156F94#156F94
HEX#156F94
RGBrgb(21, 111, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.4353, 0.5804
RGB percentages8.2%, 43.5%, 58%
HSLhsl(197.5, 75.1%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 85.8%, 58%)
CMYK85.8%, 25%, 0%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,404,820
CSS custom property--colour: #156F94;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13666WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.63:1
Contrast with white5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#EA906B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C6E96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C6293no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00797Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 12.4Slate grey · ΔE 21.1Light slate grey · ΔE 22.2Teal · ΔE 26Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.6Cadetblue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 12.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#943A15
Analogous#15947A, #153094
Triadic#94156F, #6F9415
Split complementary#94152F, #947A15
Tetradic#7A1594, #943A15, #2F9415

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#87D0EE
Lighter +30%#5ABEE8
Lighter +20%#2EADE1
Lighter +10%#1B90C1
Darker −10%#0F4E67
Darker −20%#082C3B
Darker −30%#020B0E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0078A9
Less saturated −25%#2A667F

Channel breakdown

R21
G111
B148
Red21 (8.2%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue197.48°
Saturation (HSL)75.15%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G 6F · B 94

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