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Colour

#246E7B

  • #246E7B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#246E7B is a cyan with RGB values 36, 110, 123 and HSL 189°, 55%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#246E7B#246E7B
HEX#246E7B
RGBrgb(36, 110, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.4314, 0.4824
RGB percentages14.1%, 43.1%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(189, 54.7%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 70.7%, 48.2%)
CMYK70.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,387,579
CSS custom property--colour: #246E7B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#DB9184

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#646A7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#57617Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#007372no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 13.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.5Dark cyan · ΔE 16.6Slate grey · ΔE 19Cadetblue · ΔE 19.6Light slate grey · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 13.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B3124
Analogous#247B5D, #24437B
Triadic#7B246E, #6E7B24
Split complementary#7B2443, #7B5C24
Tetradic#5D247B, #7B3124, #437B24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8DD2DE
Lighter +30%#66C2D2
Lighter +20%#3EB2C7
Lighter +10%#3091A2
Darker −10%#184B54
Darker −20%#0D272C
Darker −30%#010405
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#107C8F
Less saturated −25%#386067

Channel breakdown

R36
G110
B123
Red36 (14.1%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue188.97°
Saturation (HSL)54.72%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 6E · B 7B

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