Colour

#226C75

#226C75
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#226C75 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 108, 117 and HSL 187°, 55%, 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

#226C75#226C75

HEX#226C75

RGBrgb(34, 108, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.4235, 0.4588

RGB percentages13.3%, 42.4%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(186.5, 55%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.5, 70.9%, 45.9%)

CMYK70.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,255,989

CSS custom property--colour: #226C75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.05:1

Contrast with white6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#DD938A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#636876no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#575F75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00716Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8 Slate grey · ΔE 20.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#752B22

Analogous#227555, #224275

Triadic#75226C, #6C7522

Split complementary#752242, #755522

Tetradic#552275, #752B22, #427522

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#87D3DC

Lighter +30%#5FC4D1

Lighter +20%#39B5C4

Lighter +10%#2D909D

Darker −10%#17484D

Darker −20%#0B2326

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0F7B88

Less saturated −25%#355D62

Channel breakdown

R34

G108

B117

Red34 (13.3%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue186.51°

Saturation (HSL)54.97%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 22 · G 6C · B 75

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