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Colour

#168E9D

  • #168E9D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#168E9D is a cyan with RGB values 22, 142, 157 and HSL 187°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#168E9D#168E9D
HEX#168E9D
RGBrgb(22, 142, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.5569, 0.6157
RGB percentages8.6%, 55.7%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(186.7, 75.4%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.7, 86%, 61.6%)
CMYK86%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,478,301
CSS custom property--colour: #168E9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.39:1
Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#E97162

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#80889Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F7C9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#009592no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 9.7Teal · ΔE 10.7Cadetblue · ΔE 12.9Light seagreen · ΔE 20.1Light slate grey · ΔE 23.5Slate grey · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D2516
Analogous#169D68, #164B9D
Triadic#9D168E, #8E9D16
Split complementary#9D164B, #9D6816
Tetradic#68169D, #9D2516, #4B9D16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#90E5EF
Lighter +30%#63DAE9
Lighter +20%#36D0E3
Lighter +10%#1CB6CA
Darker −10%#106670
Darker −20%#093D44
Darker −30%#031517
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009FB3
Less saturated −25%#2C7D87

Channel breakdown

R22
G142
B157
Red22 (8.6%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue186.67°
Saturation (HSL)75.42%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 8E · B 9D

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