Recognised as Colour

#169C86

#169C86
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#169C86 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 156, 134 and HSL 170°, 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 Light seagreen.

Colour values

#169C86#169C86

HEX#169C86

RGBrgb(22, 156, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.6118, 0.5255

RGB percentages8.6%, 61.2%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(170.1, 75.3%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 85.9%, 61.2%)

CMYK85.9%, 0%, 14.1%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,481,862

CSS custom property--colour: #169C86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.13:1

Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#E96379

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#959285no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#858688no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Tritanopia#009E95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7 Teal · ΔE 17.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19 Sea green · ΔE 19.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9C162C

Analogous#169C43, #166F9C

Triadic#86169C, #9C8616

Split complementary#9C166F, #9C4316

Tetradic#43169C, #9C162C, #6F9C16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#8FEFDF

Lighter +30%#62E9D3

Lighter +20%#35E3C6

Lighter +10%#1CC9AC

Darker −10%#106F60

Darker −20%#094339

Darker −30%#031613

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B295

Less saturated −25%#2C8677

Channel breakdown

R22

G156

B134

Red22 (8.6%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue170.15°

Saturation (HSL)75.28%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 16 · G 9C · B 86

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