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Recognised as Colour

#186B85

  • #186B85
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#186B85 is a cyan with RGB values 24, 107, 133 and HSL 194°, 69%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#186B85#186B85
HEX#186B85
RGBrgb(24, 107, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.4196, 0.5216
RGB percentages9.4%, 42%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(194.3, 69.4%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 82%, 52.2%)
CMYK82%, 19.5%, 0%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,600,389
CSS custom property--colour: #186B85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.03:1
Contrast with white6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#E7947A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C6986no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E5E85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#007373no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Slate grey · ΔE 19.6Teal · ΔE 20.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.6Light slate grey · ΔE 21.1Dark cyan · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 18.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#853218
Analogous#188569, #183485
Triadic#85186B, #6B8518
Split complementary#851835, #856918
Tetradic#691885, #853218, #348518

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#81D0E8
Lighter +30%#56BFE0
Lighter +20%#2AAFD9
Lighter +10%#208EB0
Darker −10%#10485A
Darker −20%#08252F
Darker −30%#010303
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#047599
Less saturated −25%#2C6171

Channel breakdown

R24
G107
B133
Red24 (9.4%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue194.31°
Saturation (HSL)69.43%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 18 · G 6B · B 85

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