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Recognised as Colour

#259A6F

  • #259A6F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#259A6F is a cyan with RGB values 37, 154, 111 and HSL 158°, 61%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#259A6F#259A6F
HEX#259A6F
RGBrgb(37, 154, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.6039, 0.4353
RGB percentages14.5%, 60.4%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(157.9, 61.3%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.9, 76%, 60.4%)
CMYK76%, 0%, 27.9%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,464,367
CSS custom property--colour: #259A6F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24652WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.93:1
Contrast with white3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#DA6590

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#978E6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#898472no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#009A8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 8.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 14.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.1Light seagreen · ΔE 22.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.3Dark cyan · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A2550
Analogous#259A35, #258A9A
Triadic#6F259A, #9A6F25
Split complementary#9A258A, #9A3525
Tetradic#35259A, #9A2550, #8A9A25

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2E9CF
Lighter +30%#79DFB9
Lighter +20%#50D5A4
Lighter +10%#2FC38D
Darker −10%#1B7151
Darker −20%#114834
Darker −30%#071F16
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0DB275
Less saturated −25%#3D8269

Channel breakdown

R37
G154
B111
Red37 (14.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue157.95°
Saturation (HSL)61.26%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 25 · G 9A · B 6F

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