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Recognised as Colour

#229F97

  • #229F97
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#229F97 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 159, 151 and HSL 176°, 65%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#229F97#229F97
HEX#229F97
RGBrgb(34, 159, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.6235, 0.5922
RGB percentages13.3%, 62.4%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(176.2, 64.8%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 78.6%, 62.4%)
CMYK78.6%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,269,079
CSS custom property--colour: #229F97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1
Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#DD6068

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969697no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#858A98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00A39Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.4Dark cyan · ΔE 8.8Teal · ΔE 12.7Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F222A
Analogous#229F58, #22699F
Triadic#97229F, #9F9722
Split complementary#9F2269, #9F5822
Tetradic#58229F, #9F222A, #699F22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2EBE6
Lighter +30%#78E2DB
Lighter +20%#4ED9D0
Lighter +10%#2BC9BF
Darker −10%#19756F
Darker −20%#104B47
Darker −30%#07211F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0AB7AC
Less saturated −25%#3A8782

Channel breakdown

R34
G159
B151
Red34 (13.3%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue176.16°
Saturation (HSL)64.77%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 22 · G 9F · B 97

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