Recognised as Colour

#249BB9

#249BB9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#249BB9 is a cyan with RGB values 36, 155, 185 and HSL 192°, 67%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#249BB9#249BB9

HEX#249BB9

RGBrgb(36, 155, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.6078, 0.7255

RGB percentages14.1%, 60.8%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(192.1, 67.4%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.1, 80.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK80.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,399,161

CSS custom property--colour: #249BB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.46:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#DB6446

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8997BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Deuteranopia#7589B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00A5A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 17.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.5 Steel blue · ΔE 19.9 Teal · ΔE 21 Sky blue · ΔE 21.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 17.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B94224

Analogous#24B98C, #2451B9

Triadic#B9249B, #9BB924

Split complementary#B92451, #B98C24

Tetradic#8C24B9, #B94224, #51B924

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B8E6F1

Lighter +30%#8DD6E9

Lighter +20%#62C7E1

Lighter +10%#38B8D8

Darker −10%#1C778E

Darker −20%#135364

Darker −30%#0B3039

Darker −40%#030C0E

More saturated +25%#08ACD5

Less saturated −25%#408A9D

Channel breakdown

R36

G155

B185

Red36 (14.1%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue192.08°

Saturation (HSL)67.42%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 24 · G 9B · B B9

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