Colour

#229A5E

#229A5E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#229A5E is a cyan with RGB values 34, 154, 94 and HSL 150°, 64%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

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HEX#229A5E

RGBrgb(34, 154, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.6039, 0.3686

RGB percentages13.3%, 60.4%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(150, 63.8%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150, 77.9%, 60.4%)

CMYK77.9%, 0%, 39%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,267,742

CSS custom property--colour: #229A5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.85:1

Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#DD65A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998D5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B8362no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original

Tritanopia#00988Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 8.5 Medium seagreen · ΔE 9.3 Forest green · ΔE 23.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 25.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.8 Dark green · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9A225E

Analogous#229A22, #229A9A

Triadic#5E229A, #9A5E22

Split complementary#9A229A, #9A2222

Tetradic#22229A, #9A225E, #9A9A22

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9EEAC4

Lighter +30%#75E0AB

Lighter +20%#4BD791

Lighter +10%#2BC477

Darker −10%#197045

Darker −20%#10462B

Darker −30%#061D11

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0AB25E

Less saturated −25%#39835E

Channel breakdown

R34

G154

B94

Red34 (13.3%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue150°

Saturation (HSL)63.83%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 22 · G 9A · B 5E

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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