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Recognised as Colour

#196E8E

  • #196E8E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#196E8E is a cyan with RGB values 25, 110, 142 and HSL 196°, 70%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#196E8E#196E8E
HEX#196E8E
RGBrgb(25, 110, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.098, 0.4314, 0.5569
RGB percentages9.8%, 43.1%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(196.4, 70.1%, 32.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 82.4%, 55.7%)
CMYK82.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,666,702
CSS custom property--colour: #196E8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.73:1
Contrast with white5.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#E69171

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D6C90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E618Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#007779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.8Slate grey · ΔE 19.9Light slate grey · ΔE 21.2Teal · ΔE 23.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.9Dark cyan · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E3919
Analogous#198E73, #19348E
Triadic#8E196E, #6E8E19
Split complementary#8E1934, #8E7319
Tetradic#73198E, #8E3919, #348E19

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89D0EA
Lighter +30%#5DBEE3
Lighter +20%#32ADDB
Lighter +10%#2190B9
Darker −10%#114C63
Darker −20%#0A2B37
Darker −30%#02090C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0477A3
Less saturated −25%#2E6579

Channel breakdown

R25
G110
B142
Red25 (9.8%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue196.41°
Saturation (HSL)70.06%
Lightness32.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 19 · G 6E · B 8E

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