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Recognised as Colour

#257D73

  • #257D73
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#257D73 is a cyan with RGB values 37, 125, 115 and HSL 173°, 54%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#257D73#257D73
HEX#257D73
RGBrgb(37, 125, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.4902, 0.451
RGB percentages14.5%, 49%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(173.2, 54.3%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.2, 70.4%, 49%)
CMYK70.4%, 0%, 8%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,456,947
CSS custom property--colour: #257D73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.93:1
Contrast with white4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#DA828C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#777673no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A6C74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00807Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 6.5Dark cyan · ΔE 8.8Cadetblue · ΔE 17Light seagreen · ΔE 21.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 23Sea green · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7D252F
Analogous#257D47, #255B7D
Triadic#73257D, #7D7325
Split complementary#7D255B, #7D4725
Tetradic#47257D, #7D252F, #5B7D25

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#90DED5
Lighter +30%#69D2C6
Lighter +20%#41C7B8
Lighter +10%#31A497
Darker −10%#19564F
Darker −20%#0E2E2B
Darker −30%#020706
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#119183
Less saturated −25%#396963

Channel breakdown

R37
G125
B115
Red37 (14.5%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue173.18°
Saturation (HSL)54.32%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 25 · G 7D · B 73

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