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Recognised as Colour

#16739C

  • #16739C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#16739C is a cyan with RGB values 22, 115, 156 and HSL 198°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#16739C#16739C
HEX#16739C
RGBrgb(22, 115, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.451, 0.6118
RGB percentages8.6%, 45.1%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(198.4, 75.3%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.4, 85.9%, 61.2%)
CMYK85.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,471,388
CSS custom property--colour: #16739C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#E98C63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F729Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D669Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#007E81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.1Slate grey · ΔE 21.9Light slate grey · ΔE 22.7Teal · ΔE 27.8Cadetblue · ΔE 28.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C3F16
Analogous#169C82, #16309C
Triadic#9C1673, #739C16
Split complementary#9C1630, #9C8216
Tetradic#82169C, #9C3F16, #309C16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8FD2EF
Lighter +30%#62C0E9
Lighter +20%#35AEE3
Lighter +10%#1C94C9
Darker −10%#10526F
Darker −20%#093143
Darker −30%#031016
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#007CB2
Less saturated −25%#2C6A86

Channel breakdown

R22
G115
B156
Red22 (8.6%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue198.36°
Saturation (HSL)75.28%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 73 · B 9C

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