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Recognised as Colour

#209E8B

  • #209E8B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#209E8B is a cyan with RGB values 32, 158, 139 and HSL 171°, 66%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#209E8B#209E8B
HEX#209E8B
RGBrgb(32, 158, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.1255, 0.6196, 0.5451
RGB percentages12.5%, 62%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(171, 66.3%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 79.7%, 62%)
CMYK79.7%, 0%, 12%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,137,739
CSS custom property--colour: #209E8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#DF6174

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97948Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#87888Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.9Dark cyan · ΔE 13.3Teal · ΔE 16.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.8Cadetblue · ΔE 19.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E2033
Analogous#209E4C, #20729E
Triadic#8B209E, #9E8B20
Split complementary#9E2072, #9E4C20
Tetradic#4C209E, #9E2033, #729E20

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9FEBE0
Lighter +30%#74E3D2
Lighter +20%#4ADAC4
Lighter +10%#29C8B0
Darker −10%#177466
Darker −20%#0F4940
Darker −30%#061F1B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#08B69C
Less saturated −25%#38867A

Channel breakdown

R32
G158
B139
Red32 (12.5%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue170.95°
Saturation (HSL)66.32%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 20 · G 9E · B 8B

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