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Recognised as Colour

#185E5C

  • #185E5C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#185E5C is a cyan with RGB values 24, 94, 92 and HSL 178°, 59%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#185E5C#185E5C
HEX#185E5C
RGBrgb(24, 94, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.3686, 0.3608
RGB percentages9.4%, 36.9%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(178.3, 59.3%, 23.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.3, 74.5%, 36.9%)
CMYK74.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,597,020
CSS custom property--colour: #185E5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#E7A1A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#58595Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E515Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00615Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.8Teal · ΔE 14.8Dark cyan · ΔE 19.1Dim grey · ΔE 23.5Cadetblue · ΔE 25.4Slate grey · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E181A
Analogous#185E39, #183D5E
Triadic#5C185E, #5E5C18
Split complementary#5E183D, #5E3918
Tetradic#39185E, #5E181A, #3D5E18

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#69D9D6
Lighter +30%#41CECA
Lighter +20%#2DAFAC
Lighter +10%#228784
Darker −10%#0E3534
Darker −20%#030D0C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#096D6A
Less saturated −25%#274F4E

Channel breakdown

R24
G94
B92
Red24 (9.4%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue178.29°
Saturation (HSL)59.32%
Lightness23.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 18 · G 5E · B 5C

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