Recognised as Colour

#226C51

#226C51
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#226C51 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 108, 81 and HSL 158°, 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#226C51

RGBrgb(34, 108, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.4235, 0.3176

RGB percentages13.3%, 42.4%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(158.1, 52.1%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(158.1, 68.5%, 42.4%)

CMYK68.5%, 0%, 25%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,255,953

CSS custom property--colour: #226C51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.3:1

Contrast with white6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#DD93AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A6450no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#605D53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Tritanopia#006C64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 18.7 Sea green · ΔE 18.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 21 Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 18.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C223D

Analogous#226C2C, #22626C

Triadic#51226C, #6C5122

Split complementary#6C2262, #6C2C22

Tetradic#2C226C, #6C223D, #626C22

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#82D8B9

Lighter +30%#5BCCA3

Lighter +20%#3ABA8B

Lighter +10%#2E936E

Darker −10%#164534

Darker −20%#0A1E17

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#107E56

Less saturated −25%#345A4C

Channel breakdown

R34

G108

B81

Red34 (13.3%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue158.11°

Saturation (HSL)52.11%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 22 · G 6C · B 51

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Colour values

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