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Recognised as Colour

#15966F

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

#15966F is a cyan with RGB values 21, 150, 111 and HSL 162°, 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

#15966F#15966F
HEX#15966F
RGBrgb(21, 150, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.5882, 0.4353
RGB percentages8.2%, 58.8%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(161.9, 75.4%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.9, 86%, 58.8%)
CMYK86%, 0%, 26%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,414,767
CSS custom property--colour: #15966F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#EA6990

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928B6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#848072no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00968Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 9.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.1Light seagreen · ΔE 21.3Dark cyan · ΔE 23.7Teal · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96153C
Analogous#15962F, #157C96
Triadic#6F1596, #966F15
Split complementary#96157C, #962F15
Tetradic#2F1596, #96153C, #7C9615

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89EED0
Lighter +30%#5CE8BE
Lighter +20%#2FE2AC
Lighter +10%#1BC390
Darker −10%#0F694E
Darker −20%#083D2D
Darker −30%#02100C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AB77
Less saturated −25%#2A8167

Channel breakdown

R21
G150
B111
Red21 (8.2%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue161.86°
Saturation (HSL)75.44%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G 96 · B 6F

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