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Recognised as Colour

#169D8A

  • #169D8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#169D8A is a cyan with RGB values 22, 157, 138 and HSL 172°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#169D8A#169D8A
HEX#169D8A
RGBrgb(22, 157, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.6157, 0.5412
RGB percentages8.6%, 61.6%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(171.6, 75.4%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.6, 86%, 61.6%)
CMYK86%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,482,122
CSS custom property--colour: #169D8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.22:1
Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#E96275

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969389no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#85878Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00A097no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.2Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4Teal · ΔE 16.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.3Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D1629
Analogous#169D47, #166D9D
Triadic#8A169D, #9D8A16
Split complementary#9D166D, #9D4616
Tetradic#47169D, #9D1629, #6D9D16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#90EFE2
Lighter +30%#63E9D6
Lighter +20%#36E3CB
Lighter +10%#1CCAB1
Darker −10%#107063
Darker −20%#09443B
Darker −30%#031714
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B39A
Less saturated −25%#2C877A

Channel breakdown

R22
G157
B138
Red22 (8.6%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue171.56°
Saturation (HSL)75.42%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 9D · B 8A

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