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Recognised as Colour

#229CA5

  • #229CA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#229CA5 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 156, 165 and HSL 184°, 66%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#229CA5#229CA5
HEX#229CA5
RGBrgb(34, 156, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.6118, 0.6471
RGB percentages13.3%, 61.2%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(184.1, 65.8%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.1, 79.4%, 64.7%)
CMYK79.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,268,325
CSS custom property--colour: #229CA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.37:1
Contrast with white3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#DD635A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F95A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D88A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00A29Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 8.5Cadetblue · ΔE 11.2Teal · ΔE 11.9Light seagreen · ΔE 13.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A52B22
Analogous#22A56D, #225BA5
Triadic#A5229C, #9CA522
Split complementary#A5225B, #A56D22
Tetradic#6C22A5, #A52B22, #5BA522

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A6E8ED
Lighter +30%#7CDDE4
Lighter +20%#52D2DB
Lighter +10%#2BC4CF
Darker −10%#19747B
Darker −20%#114C50
Darker −30%#082426
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#09B1BE
Less saturated −25%#3B878C

Channel breakdown

R34
G156
B165
Red34 (13.3%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue184.12°
Saturation (HSL)65.83%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G 9C · B A5

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