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Recognised as Colour

#257F5D

  • #257F5D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#257F5D is a cyan with RGB values 37, 127, 93 and HSL 157°, 55%, 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 Sea green.

Colour values

#257F5D#257F5D
HEX#257F5D
RGBrgb(37, 127, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.498, 0.3647
RGB percentages14.5%, 49.8%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(157.3, 54.9%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.3, 70.9%, 49.8%)
CMYK70.9%, 0%, 26.8%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,457,437
CSS custom property--colour: #257F5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#DA80A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D765Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#716D5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.1Teal · ΔE 20.4Dark cyan · ΔE 21Light seagreen · ΔE 25.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7F2547
Analogous#257F30, #25747F
Triadic#5D257F, #7F5D25
Split complementary#7F2574, #7F3025
Tetradic#30257F, #7F2547, #747F25

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#91DFC2
Lighter +30%#6AD3AB
Lighter +20%#42C895
Lighter +10%#31A67A
Darker −10%#195840
Darker −20%#0E3023
Darker −30%#020906
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#109362
Less saturated −25%#3A6A58

Channel breakdown

R37
G127
B93
Red37 (14.5%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue157.33°
Saturation (HSL)54.88%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 25 · G 7F · B 5D

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