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Recognised as Colour

#225C50

  • #225C50
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#225C50 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 92, 80 and HSL 168°, 46%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#225C50#225C50
HEX#225C50
RGBrgb(34, 92, 80)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.3608, 0.3137
RGB percentages13.3%, 36.1%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(167.6, 46%, 24.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.6, 63%, 36.1%)
CMYK63%, 0%, 13%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,251,856
CSS custom property--colour: #225C50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#DDA3AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#58564Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#505051no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005D58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.2Teal · ΔE 17.7Dark cyan · ΔE 21.7Dim grey · ΔE 24Cadetblue · ΔE 27.5Gray · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C222E
Analogous#225C33, #224B5C
Triadic#50225C, #5C5022
Split complementary#5C224B, #5C3322
Tetradic#33225C, #5C222E, #4B5C22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CCEBD
Lighter +30%#56C1AB
Lighter +20%#3EA691
Lighter +10%#308170
Darker −10%#143730
Darker −20%#06120F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#126C59
Less saturated −25%#324C47

Channel breakdown

R34
G92
B80
Red34 (13.3%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue167.59°
Saturation (HSL)46.03%
Lightness24.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 22 · G 5C · B 50

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