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Recognised as Colour

#257D85

  • #257D85
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#257D85 is a cyan with RGB values 37, 125, 133 and HSL 185°, 56%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#257D85#257D85
HEX#257D85
RGBrgb(37, 125, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.4902, 0.5216
RGB percentages14.5%, 49%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(185, 56.5%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185, 72.2%, 52.2%)
CMYK72.2%, 6%, 0%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,456,965
CSS custom property--colour: #257D85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#DA827A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#737886no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#656D85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00827Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 7.2Dark cyan · ΔE 9.6Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2Slate grey · ΔE 21Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.5Light slate grey · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 7.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#852D25
Analogous#25855D, #254D85
Triadic#85257D, #7D8525
Split complementary#85254D, #855D25
Tetradic#5D2585, #852D25, #4D8525

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#95DBE1
Lighter +30%#6DCDD6
Lighter +20%#45C0CB
Lighter +10%#30A3AD
Darker −10%#1A585D
Darker −20%#0F3235
Darker −30%#040D0D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#108F9A
Less saturated −25%#3A6B70

Channel breakdown

R37
G125
B133
Red37 (14.5%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue185°
Saturation (HSL)56.47%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 25 · G 7D · B 85

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