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Recognised as Colour

#16998D

  • #16998D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#16998D is a cyan with RGB values 22, 153, 141 and HSL 175°, 75%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#16998D#16998D
HEX#16998D
RGBrgb(22, 153, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.6, 0.5529
RGB percentages8.6%, 60%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(174.5, 74.9%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.5, 85.6%, 60%)
CMYK85.6%, 0%, 7.8%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,481,101
CSS custom property--colour: #16998D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#E96672

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91908Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#80848Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009D95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7Teal · ΔE 12.1Cadetblue · ΔE 16.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#991622
Analogous#16994C, #166399
Triadic#8D1699, #998D16
Split complementary#991663, #994C16
Tetradic#4C1699, #991622, #639916

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CEFE6
Lighter +30%#60E8DC
Lighter +20%#33E2D2
Lighter +10%#1CC6B6
Darker −10%#106C64
Darker −20%#09403B
Darker −30%#031312
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AF9F
Less saturated −25%#2C837B

Channel breakdown

R22
G153
B141
Red22 (8.6%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue174.5°
Saturation (HSL)74.86%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 99 · B 8D

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