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Recognised as Colour

#22999C

  • #22999C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#22999C is a cyan with RGB values 34, 153, 156 and HSL 181°, 64%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#22999C#22999C
HEX#22999C
RGBrgb(34, 153, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.6, 0.6118
RGB percentages13.3%, 60%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(181.5, 64.2%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.5, 78.2%, 61.2%)
CMYK78.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,267,548
CSS custom property--colour: #22999C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#DD6663

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E919Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D859Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009F9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 5.7Teal · ΔE 9.6Cadetblue · ΔE 11.2Light seagreen · ΔE 12.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 5.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C2522
Analogous#229C62, #225C9C
Triadic#9C2299, #999C22
Split complementary#9C225C, #9C6222
Tetradic#62229C, #9C2522, #5C9C22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A0E8EA
Lighter +30%#76DEE1
Lighter +20%#4CD5D8
Lighter +10%#2BC2C6
Darker −10%#197072
Darker −20%#104748
Darker −30%#071E1E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0AB0B4
Less saturated −25%#3A8284

Channel breakdown

R34
G153
B156
Red34 (13.3%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue181.48°
Saturation (HSL)64.21%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G 99 · B 9C

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