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Recognised as Colour

#189C72

  • #189C72
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#189C72 is a cyan with RGB values 24, 156, 114 and HSL 161°, 73%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#189C72#189C72
HEX#189C72
RGBrgb(24, 156, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.6118, 0.4471
RGB percentages9.4%, 61.2%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(160.9, 73.3%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.9, 84.6%, 61.2%)
CMYK84.6%, 0%, 26.9%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,612,914
CSS custom property--colour: #189C72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#E7638D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999070no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#898575no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009C91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 10.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 14.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.7Light seagreen · ΔE 21.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.4Dark cyan · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)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#9C1842
Analogous#189C30, #18849C
Triadic#72189C, #9C7218
Split complementary#9C1884, #9C3018
Tetradic#30189C, #9C1842, #849C18

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#92EED1
Lighter +30%#66E7BE
Lighter +20%#39E1AB
Lighter +10%#1FC892
Darker −10%#117052
Darker −20%#0A4431
Darker −30%#041711
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#01B37A
Less saturated −25%#2E866A

Channel breakdown

R24
G156
B114
Red24 (9.4%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue160.91°
Saturation (HSL)73.33%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 18 · G 9C · B 72

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