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Recognised as Colour

#248F9D

  • #248F9D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#248F9D is a cyan with RGB values 36, 143, 157 and HSL 187°, 63%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#248F9D#248F9D
HEX#248F9D
RGBrgb(36, 143, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.5608, 0.6157
RGB percentages14.1%, 56.1%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(186.9, 62.7%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 77.1%, 61.6%)
CMYK77.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,396,061
CSS custom property--colour: #248F9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.49:1
Contrast with white3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#DB7062

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82899Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#717D9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#009693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 9.7Teal · ΔE 10.7Cadetblue · ΔE 11.7Light seagreen · ΔE 19.9Light slate grey · ΔE 22.5Slate grey · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D3224
Analogous#249D6F, #24529D
Triadic#9D248F, #8F9D24
Split complementary#9D2452, #9D6F24
Tetradic#6F249D, #9D3224, #529D24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A3E2EA
Lighter +30%#7AD5E0
Lighter +20%#50C7D7
Lighter +10%#2EB5C6
Darker −10%#1A6974
Darker −20%#11434A
Darker −30%#071E21
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0CA2B5
Less saturated −25%#3C7C85

Channel breakdown

R36
G143
B157
Red36 (14.1%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue186.94°
Saturation (HSL)62.69%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G 8F · B 9D

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