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Recognised as Colour

#15966B

  • #15966B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#15966B is a cyan with RGB values 21, 150, 107 and HSL 160°, 75%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#15966B#15966B
HEX#15966B
RGBrgb(21, 150, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.5882, 0.4196
RGB percentages8.2%, 58.8%, 42%
HSLhsl(160, 75.4%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 86%, 58.8%)
CMYK86%, 0%, 28.7%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,414,763
CSS custom property--colour: #15966B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#EA6994

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#938A69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#84806Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00968Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 8.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.8Light seagreen · ΔE 23.3Dark cyan · ΔE 26.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#961540
Analogous#15962B, #158196
Triadic#6B1596, #966B15
Split complementary#961580, #962B15
Tetradic#2B1596, #961540, #819615

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89EECC
Lighter +30%#5CE8B9
Lighter +20%#2FE2A6
Lighter +10%#1BC38B
Darker −10%#0F694B
Darker −20%#083D2B
Darker −30%#02100B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AB72
Less saturated −25%#2A8164

Channel breakdown

R21
G150
B107
Red21 (8.2%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)75.44%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G 96 · B 6B

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