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Recognised as Colour

#169A97

  • #169A97
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#169A97 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 154, 151 and HSL 179°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#169A97#169A97
HEX#169A97
RGBrgb(22, 154, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.6039, 0.5922
RGB percentages8.6%, 60.4%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(178.6, 75%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.6, 85.7%, 60.4%)
CMYK85.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,481,367
CSS custom property--colour: #169A97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#E96568

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#909297no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F8598no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#009F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 5.9Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Teal · ΔE 10.2Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A1619
Analogous#169A55, #165B9A
Triadic#97169A, #9A9716
Split complementary#9A165B, #9A5516
Tetradic#55169A, #9A1619, #5B9A16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8DEFED
Lighter +30%#61E8E5
Lighter +20%#34E2DE
Lighter +10%#1CC7C3
Darker −10%#106D6B
Darker −20%#09413F
Darker −30%#031414
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B0AC
Less saturated −25%#2C8482

Channel breakdown

R22
G154
B151
Red22 (8.6%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue178.64°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 9A · B 97

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