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Recognised as Colour

#229C8A

  • #229C8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#229C8A is a cyan with RGB values 34, 156, 138 and HSL 171°, 64%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#229C8A#229C8A
HEX#229C8A
RGBrgb(34, 156, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.6118, 0.5412
RGB percentages13.3%, 61.2%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(171.1, 64.2%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 78.2%, 61.2%)
CMYK78.2%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,268,298
CSS custom property--colour: #229C8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.19:1
Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#DD6375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#959289no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#85868Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.2Dark cyan · ΔE 12.3Teal · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 18.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C2234
Analogous#229C4D, #22719C
Triadic#8A229C, #9C8A22
Split complementary#9C2271, #9C4D22
Tetradic#4D229C, #9C2234, #719C22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A0EADF
Lighter +30%#76E1D1
Lighter +20%#4CD8C3
Lighter +10%#2BC6AF
Darker −10%#197265
Darker −20%#104840
Darker −30%#071E1B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0AB49B
Less saturated −25%#3A8479

Channel breakdown

R34
G156
B138
Red34 (13.3%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue171.15°
Saturation (HSL)64.21%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 22 · G 9C · B 8A

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