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Recognised as Colour

#1E515E

  • #1E515E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#1E515E is a cyan with RGB values 30, 81, 94 and HSL 192°, 52%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#1E515E#1E515E
HEX#1E515E
RGBrgb(30, 81, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.3176, 0.3686
RGB percentages11.8%, 31.8%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(192.2, 51.6%, 24.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 68.1%, 36.9%)
CMYK68.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,986,910
CSS custom property--colour: #1E515E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#E1AEA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#484F5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F485Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#005655no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.9Dim grey · ΔE 21.8Slate grey · ΔE 23.5Teal · ΔE 23.7Light slate grey · ΔE 26.3Dark cyan · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E2B1E
Analogous#1E5E4B, #1E315E
Triadic#5E1E51, #515E1E
Split complementary#5E1E31, #5E4B1E
Tetradic#4B1E5E, #5E2B1E, #315E1E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#75C0D3
Lighter +30%#4EAEC7
Lighter +20%#3794AB
Lighter +10%#2A7285
Darker −10%#123037
Darker −20%#050E11
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0F5A6E
Less saturated −25%#2E484F

Channel breakdown

R30
G81
B94
Red30 (11.8%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue192.19°
Saturation (HSL)51.61%
Lightness24.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1E · G 51 · B 5E

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