Recognised as Colour

#226A50

#226A50
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#226A50 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 106, 80 and HSL 158°, 51%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#226A50

RGBrgb(34, 106, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.4157, 0.3137

RGB percentages13.3%, 41.6%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(158.3, 51.4%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(158.3, 67.9%, 41.6%)

CMYK67.9%, 0%, 24.5%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,255,440

CSS custom property--colour: #226A50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.47:1

Contrast with white6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#DD95AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#68624Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E5B52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006A63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 18.6 Sea green · ΔE 19.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 21.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 18.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A223C

Analogous#226A2C, #22606A

Triadic#50226A, #6A5022

Split complementary#6A2260, #6A2C22

Tetradic#2C226A, #6A223C, #606A22

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#81D7B8

Lighter +30%#5BCAA2

Lighter +20%#3BB78A

Lighter +10%#2E916D

Darker −10%#164333

Darker −20%#091D16

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#117C55

Less saturated −25%#34594B

Channel breakdown

R34

G106

B80

Red34 (13.3%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue158.33°

Saturation (HSL)51.43%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 22 · G 6A · B 50

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

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