Colour

#225B76

#225B76
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#225B76 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 91, 118 and HSL 199°, 55%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#225B76#225B76

HEX#225B76

RGBrgb(34, 91, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.3569, 0.4627

RGB percentages13.3%, 35.7%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(199.3, 55.3%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 71.2%, 46.3%)

CMYK71.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,251,638

CSS custom property--colour: #225B76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.43:1

Contrast with white7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#DDA489

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E5A77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#425276no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Tritanopia#006264no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.9 Steel blue · ΔE 20.5 Slate grey · ΔE 20.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.9 Dim grey · ΔE 24 Teal · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 17.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#763D22

Analogous#227667, #223176

Triadic#76225B, #5B7622

Split complementary#762231, #766722

Tetradic#672276, #763D22, #317622

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#87C1DD

Lighter +30%#60ADD1

Lighter +20%#3998C5

Lighter +10%#2D7A9E

Darker −10%#173C4E

Darker −20%#0B1E27

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0F6289

Less saturated −25%#355463

Channel breakdown

R34

G91

B118

Red34 (13.3%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue199.29°

Saturation (HSL)55.26%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 22 · G 5B · B 76

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