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Recognised as Colour

#185E7E

  • #185E7E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#185E7E is a cyan with RGB values 24, 94, 126 and HSL 199°, 68%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#185E7E#185E7E
HEX#185E7E
RGBrgb(24, 94, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.3686, 0.4941
RGB percentages9.4%, 36.9%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(198.8, 68%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 81%, 49.4%)
CMYK81%, 25.4%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,597,054
CSS custom property--colour: #185E7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#E7A181

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E5D80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#41547Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#006769no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 18Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.3Slate grey · ΔE 21.7Light slate grey · ΔE 23.7Dim grey · ΔE 26.7Teal · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 18.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E3818
Analogous#187E6B, #182B7E
Triadic#7E185E, #5E7E18
Split complementary#7E182B, #7E6B18
Tetradic#6B187E, #7E3818, #2B7E18

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CC5E6
Lighter +30%#51B2DE
Lighter +20%#289ED4
Lighter +10%#207EA9
Darker −10%#103E53
Darker −20%#081E28
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#056591
Less saturated −25%#2B576B

Channel breakdown

R24
G94
B126
Red24 (9.4%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue198.82°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 18 · G 5E · B 7E

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