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Recognised as Colour

#249E8B

  • #249E8B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#249E8B is a cyan with RGB values 36, 158, 139 and HSL 171°, 63%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#249E8B#249E8B
HEX#249E8B
RGBrgb(36, 158, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.6196, 0.5451
RGB percentages14.1%, 62%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(170.7, 62.9%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.7, 77.2%, 62%)
CMYK77.2%, 0%, 12%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,399,883
CSS custom property--colour: #249E8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.34:1
Contrast with white3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#DB6174

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97948Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#87888Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00A198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10Dark cyan · ΔE 13.2Teal · ΔE 16Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.7Cadetblue · ΔE 19.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E2437
Analogous#249E4E, #24749E
Triadic#8B249E, #9E8B24
Split complementary#9E2474, #9E4E24
Tetradic#4E249E, #9E2437, #749E24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4EADF
Lighter +30%#7AE1D1
Lighter +20%#51D7C2
Lighter +10%#2DC8B0
Darker −10%#1B7466
Darker −20%#114B42
Darker −30%#08211D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0CB69C
Less saturated −25%#3C867A

Channel breakdown

R36
G158
B139
Red36 (14.1%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue170.66°
Saturation (HSL)62.89%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 24 · G 9E · B 8B

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