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Recognised as Colour

#249D6C

  • #249D6C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#249D6C is a cyan with RGB values 36, 157, 108 and HSL 156°, 63%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#249D6C#249D6C
HEX#249D6C
RGBrgb(36, 157, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.6157, 0.4235
RGB percentages14.1%, 61.6%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(155.7, 62.7%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.7, 77.1%, 61.6%)
CMYK77.1%, 0%, 31.2%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,399,596
CSS custom property--colour: #249D6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.11:1
Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#DB6293

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9169no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C866Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#009C90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 8.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.1Light seagreen · ΔE 25.2Dark cyan · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D2455
Analogous#249D30, #24929D
Triadic#6C249D, #9D6C24
Split complementary#9D2492, #9D2F24
Tetradic#2F249D, #9D2455, #929D24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A3EACD
Lighter +30%#7AE0B7
Lighter +20%#50D7A0
Lighter +10%#2EC689
Darker −10%#1A744F
Darker −20%#114A33
Darker −30%#072116
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0CB571
Less saturated −25%#3C8567

Channel breakdown

R36
G157
B108
Red36 (14.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue155.7°
Saturation (HSL)62.69%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 24 · G 9D · B 6C

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