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Recognised as Colour

#249B6E

  • #249B6E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#249B6E is a cyan with RGB values 36, 155, 110 and HSL 157°, 62%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#249B6E#249B6E
HEX#249B6E
RGBrgb(36, 155, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.6078, 0.4314
RGB percentages14.1%, 60.8%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(157.3, 62.3%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.3, 76.8%, 60.8%)
CMYK76.8%, 0%, 29%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,399,086
CSS custom property--colour: #249B6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#DB6491

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#988F6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8571no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009B8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 8.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 13.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.2Light seagreen · ΔE 23.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.6Dark cyan · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B2451
Analogous#249B33, #248C9B
Triadic#6E249B, #9B6E24
Split complementary#9B248C, #9B3324
Tetradic#33249B, #9B2451, #8C9B24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2E9CE
Lighter +30%#78E0B9
Lighter +20%#4FD6A3
Lighter +10%#2EC48B
Darker −10%#1A7251
Darker −20%#114833
Darker −30%#071F16
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0CB374
Less saturated −25%#3C8368

Channel breakdown

R36
G155
B110
Red36 (14.1%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue157.31°
Saturation (HSL)62.3%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 24 · G 9B · B 6E

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