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Recognised as Colour

#259DC7

  • #259DC7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#259DC7 is a cyan with RGB values 37, 157, 199 and HSL 196°, 69%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#259DC7#259DC7
HEX#259DC7
RGBrgb(37, 157, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.6157, 0.7804
RGB percentages14.5%, 61.6%, 78%
HSLhsl(195.6, 68.6%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 81.4%, 78%)
CMYK81.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,465,223
CSS custom property--colour: #259DC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.73:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#DA6238

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#879AC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#728BC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A9ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 17Light skyblue · ΔE 20.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.1Cadetblue · ΔE 23.3Light slate grey · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C74F25
Analogous#25C7A0, #254CC7
Triadic#C7259D, #9DC725
Split complementary#C7254C, #C7A025
Tetradic#A025C7, #C74F25, #4CC725

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4E8F4
Lighter +30%#99D6EC
Lighter +20%#6EC5E4
Lighter +10%#43B4DC
Darker −10%#1D7B9C
Darker −20%#155971
Darker −30%#0D3746
Darker −40%#05151B
More saturated +25%#08ABE4
Less saturated −25%#438FA9

Channel breakdown

R37
G157
B199
Red37 (14.5%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue195.56°
Saturation (HSL)68.64%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 25 · G 9D · B C7

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