Recognised as Colour

#226B79

#226B79
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#226B79 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 107, 121 and HSL 190°, 56%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#226B79

RGBrgb(34, 107, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.4196, 0.4745

RGB percentages13.3%, 42%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(189.7, 56.1%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 71.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK71.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,255,737

CSS custom property--colour: #226B79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.09:1

Contrast with white6.09:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#DD9486

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#60677Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#545E79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00716Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 14.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.9 Slate grey · ΔE 19.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 20.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 14.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#793022

Analogous#22795C, #223F79

Triadic#79226B, #6B7922

Split complementary#79223F, #795C22

Tetradic#5C2279, #793022, #3F7922

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#89D0DE

Lighter +30%#61C0D3

Lighter +20%#39B1C8

Lighter +10%#2D8EA1

Darker −10%#174851

Darker −20%#0C2529

Darker −30%#000102

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0F788C

Less saturated −25%#355E66

Channel breakdown

R34

G107

B121

Red34 (13.3%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue189.66°

Saturation (HSL)56.13%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 22 · G 6B · B 79

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