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Colour

#256A61

  • #256A61
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#256A61 is a cyan with RGB values 37, 106, 97 and HSL 172°, 48%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#256A61#256A61
HEX#256A61
RGBrgb(37, 106, 97)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.4157, 0.3804
RGB percentages14.5%, 41.6%, 38%
HSLhsl(172.2, 48.3%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 65.1%, 41.6%)
CMYK65.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,452,065
CSS custom property--colour: #256A61;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.34:1
Contrast with white6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#DA959E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#656461no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B5C62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006C67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 11.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.4Dark cyan · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 21.9Dim grey · ΔE 24.2Slate grey · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A252E
Analogous#256A3E, #25516A
Triadic#61256A, #6A6125
Split complementary#6A2551, #6A3E25
Tetradic#3E256A, #6A252E, #516A25

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#86D5CB
Lighter +30%#60C8BA
Lighter +20%#3FB6A6
Lighter +10%#329084
Darker −10%#18443E
Darker −20%#0B1E1C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#137C6E
Less saturated −25%#375854

Channel breakdown

R37
G106
B97
Red37 (14.5%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue97 (38%)
Hue172.17°
Saturation (HSL)48.25%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 25 · G 6A · B 61

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