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Recognised as Colour

#189EAD

  • #189EAD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#189EAD is a cyan with RGB values 24, 158, 173 and HSL 186°, 76%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#189EAD#189EAD
HEX#189EAD
RGBrgb(24, 158, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.6196, 0.6784
RGB percentages9.4%, 62%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(186, 75.6%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186, 86.1%, 67.8%)
CMYK86.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,613,485
CSS custom property--colour: #189EAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27665WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#E76152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F97AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C8AADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#00A6A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 11.5Cadetblue · ΔE 12.8Teal · ΔE 14.4Light seagreen · ΔE 16Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 11.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD2718
Analogous#18AD71, #1854AD
Triadic#AD189E, #9EAD18
Split complementary#AD1854, #AD7218
Tetradic#7118AD, #AD2718, #54AD18

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9FE9F2
Lighter +30%#72DFEC
Lighter +20%#46D5E5
Lighter +10%#1EC7DA
Darker −10%#127580
Darker −20%#0C4C53
Darker −30%#052327
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B1C5
Less saturated −25%#318A94

Channel breakdown

R24
G158
B173
Red24 (9.4%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue186.04°
Saturation (HSL)75.63%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 18 · G 9E · B AD

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