Recognised as Colour

#259A74

#259A74
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#259A74 is a cyan with RGB values 37, 154, 116 and HSL 161°, 61%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

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HEX#259A74

RGBrgb(37, 154, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.6039, 0.4549

RGB percentages14.5%, 60.4%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(160.5, 61.3%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160.5, 76%, 60.4%)

CMYK76%, 0%, 24.7%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,464,372

CSS custom property--colour: #259A74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.95:1

Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#DA658B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968F72no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#888477no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#009A8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 10.6 Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 23 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9A254B

Analogous#259A3A, #25859A

Triadic#74259A, #9A7425

Split complementary#9A2585, #9A3A25

Tetradic#3A259A, #9A254B, #859A25

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A2E9D2

Lighter +30%#79DFBE

Lighter +20%#50D5AA

Lighter +10%#2FC393

Darker −10%#1B7155

Darker −20%#114836

Darker −30%#071F17

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0DB27C

Less saturated −25%#3D826C

Channel breakdown

R37

G154

B116

Red37 (14.5%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue160.51°

Saturation (HSL)61.26%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 25 · G 9A · B 74

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