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Recognised as Colour

#229C90

  • #229C90
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#229C90 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 156, 144 and HSL 174°, 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

#229C90#229C90
HEX#229C90
RGBrgb(34, 156, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.6118, 0.5647
RGB percentages13.3%, 61.2%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(174.1, 64.2%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.1, 78.2%, 61.2%)
CMYK78.2%, 0%, 7.7%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,268,304
CSS custom property--colour: #229C90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.23:1
Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#DD636F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#949390no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#838791no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00A098no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.8Dark cyan · ΔE 9.4Teal · ΔE 12.8Cadetblue · ΔE 16Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C222E
Analogous#229C53, #226B9C
Triadic#90229C, #9C9022
Split complementary#9C226B, #9C5322
Tetradic#53229C, #9C222E, #6B9C22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A0EAE3
Lighter +30%#76E1D7
Lighter +20%#4CD8CA
Lighter +10%#2BC6B7
Darker −10%#197269
Darker −20%#104843
Darker −30%#071E1C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0AB4A3
Less saturated −25%#3A847D

Channel breakdown

R34
G156
B144
Red34 (13.3%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue174.1°
Saturation (HSL)64.21%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 22 · G 9C · B 90

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