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Recognised as Colour

#246F73

  • #246F73
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#246F73 is a cyan with RGB values 36, 111, 115 and HSL 183°, 52%, 30%. 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

#246F73#246F73
HEX#246F73
RGBrgb(36, 111, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.4353, 0.451
RGB percentages14.1%, 43.5%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(183, 52.3%, 29.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183, 68.7%, 45.1%)
CMYK68.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,387,827
CSS custom property--colour: #246F73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#DB908C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#676A73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B6173no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#007370no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 9.5Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.7Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5Slate grey · ΔE 21.5Dim grey · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#732824
Analogous#247350, #244773
Triadic#73246F, #6F7324
Split complementary#732447, #735024
Tetradic#502473, #732824, #477324

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89D6DA
Lighter +30%#62C8CE
Lighter +20%#3CBAC1
Lighter +10%#30949A
Darker −10%#184A4C
Darker −20%#0C2425
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#118086
Less saturated −25%#375E60

Channel breakdown

R36
G111
B115
Red36 (14.1%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue183.04°
Saturation (HSL)52.32%
Lightness29.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 6F · B 73

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