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Recognised as Colour

#259D77

  • #259D77
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#259D77 is a cyan with RGB values 37, 157, 119 and HSL 161°, 62%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#259D77#259D77
HEX#259D77
RGBrgb(37, 157, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.6157, 0.4667
RGB percentages14.5%, 61.6%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(161, 61.9%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161, 76.4%, 61.6%)
CMYK76.4%, 0%, 24.2%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,465,143
CSS custom property--colour: #259D77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.17:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#DA6288

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999275no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A877Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009E92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3Light seagreen · ΔE 19.3Dark cyan · ΔE 23.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D254B
Analogous#259D3B, #25879D
Triadic#77259D, #9D7725
Split complementary#9D2587, #9D3B25
Tetradic#3B259D, #9D254B, #879D25

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4EAD4
Lighter +30%#7BE0C0
Lighter +20%#52D6AC
Lighter +10%#2FC696
Darker −10%#1B7458
Darker −20%#124A38
Darker −30%#082119
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0DB580
Less saturated −25%#3D856E

Channel breakdown

R37
G157
B119
Red37 (14.5%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue161°
Saturation (HSL)61.86%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 25 · G 9D · B 77

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