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Recognised as Colour

#248AA9

  • #248AA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#248AA9 is a cyan with RGB values 36, 138, 169 and HSL 194°, 65%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#248AA9#248AA9
HEX#248AA9
RGBrgb(36, 138, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.5412, 0.6627
RGB percentages14.1%, 54.1%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(194, 64.9%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 78.7%, 66.3%)
CMYK78.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,394,793
CSS custom property--colour: #248AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1
Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#DB7556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7887ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#677AA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#009394no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9Teal · ΔE 20.3Dark cyan · ΔE 20.3Light slate grey · ΔE 20.5Slate grey · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A94324
Analogous#24A985, #2448A9
Triadic#A9248A, #8AA924
Split complementary#A92447, #A98524
Tetradic#8624A9, #A94324, #48A924

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACDEED
Lighter +30%#82CDE4
Lighter +20%#58BDDB
Lighter +10%#2EACD2
Darker −10%#1B687F
Darker −20%#124555
Darker −30%#09232B
Darker −40%#000101
More saturated +25%#0A98C3
Less saturated −25%#3E7C8F

Channel breakdown

R36
G138
B169
Red36 (14.1%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue193.98°
Saturation (HSL)64.88%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 8A · B A9

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