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Recognised as Colour

#22B9A5

  • #22B9A5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#22B9A5 is a cyan with RGB values 34, 185, 165 and HSL 172°, 69%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#22B9A5#22B9A5
HEX#22B9A5
RGBrgb(34, 185, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.7255, 0.6471
RGB percentages13.3%, 72.5%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(172.1, 68.9%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 81.6%, 72.5%)
CMYK81.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,275,749
CSS custom property--colour: #22B9A5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.55:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#DD465A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0AEA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9FA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.8Turquoise · ΔE 14Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1Dark cyan · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B92236
Analogous#22B959, #2282B9
Triadic#A522B9, #B9A522
Split complementary#B92281, #B95A22
Tetradic#5A22B9, #B92236, #82B922

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6F1EA
Lighter +30%#8AEADD
Lighter +20%#5FE2D0
Lighter +10%#34DAC4
Darker −10%#1A8E7F
Darker −20%#126358
Darker −30%#0A3832
Darker −40%#020D0B
More saturated +25%#07D4B9
Less saturated −25%#3D9E91

Channel breakdown

R34
G185
B165
Red34 (13.3%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue172.05°
Saturation (HSL)68.95%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 22 · G B9 · B A5

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