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Recognised as Colour

#226B81

  • #226B81
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#226B81 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 107, 129 and HSL 194°, 58%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#226B81#226B81
HEX#226B81
RGBrgb(34, 107, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.4196, 0.5059
RGB percentages13.3%, 42%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(193.9, 58.3%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.9, 73.6%, 50.6%)
CMYK73.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,255,745
CSS custom property--colour: #226B81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.02:1
Contrast with white6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#DD947E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E6882no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#515F81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#007272no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 18.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.6Teal · ΔE 18.7Steel blue · ΔE 20.1Light slate grey · ΔE 20.1Dark cyan · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 18.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#813822
Analogous#228167, #223C81
Triadic#81226B, #6B8122
Split complementary#81223C, #816722
Tetradic#672281, #813822, #3B8122

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8ECEE1
Lighter +30%#65BCD7
Lighter +20%#3DABCC
Lighter +10%#2D8CA9
Darker −10%#174A59
Darker −20%#0D2830
Darker −30%#020708
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0E7695
Less saturated −25%#36606D

Channel breakdown

R34
G107
B129
Red34 (13.3%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue193.89°
Saturation (HSL)58.28%
Lightness31.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G 6B · B 81

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