Colour

#257D96

#257D96
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#257D96 is a cyan with RGB values 37, 125, 150 and HSL 193°, 60%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#257D96#257D96

HEX#257D96

RGBrgb(37, 125, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.4902, 0.5882

RGB percentages14.5%, 49%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(193.3, 60.4%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.3, 75.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK75.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,456,982

CSS custom property--colour: #257D96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17263WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#DA8269

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E7A97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F6F96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Tritanopia#008585no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 17.2 Steel blue · ΔE 17.5 Slate grey · ΔE 18.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 17.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#963E25

Analogous#259677, #254496

Triadic#96257D, #7D9625

Split complementary#962544, #967725

Tetradic#772596, #963E25, #449625

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A0D8E7

Lighter +30%#77C7DD

Lighter +20%#4EB6D3

Lighter +10%#2F9FBF

Darker −10%#1B5B6D

Darker −20%#113944

Darker −30%#07171B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0E8AAD

Less saturated −25%#3C707F

Channel breakdown

R37

G125

B150

Red37 (14.5%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue193.27°

Saturation (HSL)60.43%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 25 · G 7D · B 96

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