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Colour

#159EC7

  • #159EC7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#159EC7 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 158, 199 and HSL 194°, 81%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#159EC7#159EC7
HEX#159EC7
RGBrgb(21, 158, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.6196, 0.7804
RGB percentages8.2%, 62%, 78%
HSLhsl(193.8, 80.9%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 89.4%, 78%)
CMYK89.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,416,903
CSS custom property--colour: #159EC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#EA6138

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#879BC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#728BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00AAACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.1Steel blue · ΔE 17.1Light skyblue · ΔE 21Sky blue · ΔE 21.2Cadetblue · ΔE 23.1Dark cyan · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C73E15
Analogous#15C797, #1545C7
Triadic#C7159E, #9EC715
Split complementary#C71545, #C79715
Tetradic#9715C7, #C73E15, #45C715

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1E7F7
Lighter +30%#83D8F2
Lighter +20%#55CAED
Lighter +10%#27BCE8
Darker −10%#107999
Darker −20%#0B556B
Darker −30%#06303D
Darker −40%#020B0E
More saturated +25%#00A9DC
Less saturated −25%#318FAB

Channel breakdown

R21
G158
B199
Red21 (8.2%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue193.82°
Saturation (HSL)80.91%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G 9E · B C7

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