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Recognised as Colour

#16594E

  • #16594E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#16594E is a cyan with RGB values 22, 89, 78 and HSL 170°, 60%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#16594E#16594E
HEX#16594E
RGBrgb(22, 89, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.349, 0.3059
RGB percentages8.6%, 34.9%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(170.1, 60.4%, 21.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 75.3%, 34.9%)
CMYK75.3%, 0%, 12.4%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,464,654
CSS custom property--colour: #16594E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.16:1
Contrast with white8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#E9A6B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#55534Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C4C4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005B56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.7Teal · ΔE 17.9Dark cyan · ΔE 21.9Dim grey · ΔE 25.8Cadetblue · ΔE 28.8Slate grey · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#591621
Analogous#16592C, #164359
Triadic#4E1659, #594E16
Split complementary#591643, #592C16
Tetradic#2C1659, #591621, #435916

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#63D8C5
Lighter +30%#3ACEB6
Lighter +20%#2AAB96
Lighter +10%#208272
Darker −10%#0C302A
Darker −20%#020706
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#086757
Less saturated −25%#244B45

Channel breakdown

R22
G89
B78
Red22 (8.6%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue170.15°
Saturation (HSL)60.36%
Lightness21.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 59 · B 4E

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