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Recognised as Colour

#199CBD

  • #199CBD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#199CBD is a cyan with RGB values 25, 156, 189 and HSL 192°, 77%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#199CBD#199CBD
HEX#199CBD
RGBrgb(25, 156, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.098, 0.6118, 0.7412
RGB percentages9.8%, 61.2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(192.1, 76.6%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.1, 86.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK86.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,678,525
CSS custom property--colour: #199CBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27658WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1
Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#E66342

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8898BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7489BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A6A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 21Dark cyan · ΔE 21.1Sky blue · ΔE 21.3Teal · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 19.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD3A19
Analogous#19BD8C, #194ABD
Triadic#BD199C, #9CBD19
Split complementary#BD194A, #BD8C19
Tetradic#8C19BD, #BD3A19, #4ABD19

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AEE6F4
Lighter +30%#81D8EE
Lighter +20%#54CAE8
Lighter +10%#27BDE2
Darker −10%#137790
Darker −20%#0D5263
Darker −30%#072C36
Darker −40%#010709
More saturated +25%#00ABD6
Less saturated −25%#348CA2

Channel breakdown

R25
G156
B189
Red25 (9.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue192.07°
Saturation (HSL)76.64%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 19 · G 9C · B BD

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