Colour

#226B5A

#226B5A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#226B5A is a cyan with RGB values 34, 107, 90 and HSL 166°, 52%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#226B5A

RGBrgb(34, 107, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.4196, 0.3529

RGB percentages13.3%, 42%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(166, 51.8%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(166, 68.2%, 42%)

CMYK68.2%, 0%, 15.9%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,255,706

CSS custom property--colour: #226B5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.33:1

Contrast with white6.33:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#DD94A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#676459no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5C5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Tritanopia#006C66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 13.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 19 Sea green · ΔE 24 Cadetblue · ΔE 24.2 Dim grey · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 13.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B2233

Analogous#226B36, #22576B

Triadic#5A226B, #6B5A22

Split complementary#6B2257, #6B3622

Tetradic#36226B, #6B2233, #576B22

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#82D7C3

Lighter +30%#5BCBB1

Lighter +20%#3BB89B

Lighter +10%#2E927B

Darker −10%#164439

Darker −20%#091E19

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#107D63

Less saturated −25%#345951

Channel breakdown

R34

G107

B90

Red34 (13.3%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue166.03°

Saturation (HSL)51.77%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 22 · G 6B · B 5A

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Colour values

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