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Recognised as Colour

#265C54

  • #265C54
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#265C54 is a cyan with RGB values 38, 92, 84 and HSL 171°, 42%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#265C54#265C54
HEX#265C54
RGBrgb(38, 92, 84)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.3608, 0.3294
RGB percentages14.9%, 36.1%, 32.9%
HSLhsl(171.1, 41.5%, 25.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 58.7%, 36.1%)
CMYK58.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,514,004
CSS custom property--colour: #265C54;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#D9A3AB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#585754no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F5155no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#015E59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.8Teal · ΔE 17.4Dark cyan · ΔE 21.5Dim grey · ΔE 22Cadetblue · ΔE 26.6Slate grey · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C262E
Analogous#265C39, #26495C
Triadic#54265C, #5C5426
Split complementary#5C2649, #5C3926
Tetradic#39265C, #5C262E, #495C26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#82CCC1
Lighter +30%#5EBDAF
Lighter +20%#44A496
Lighter +10%#358075
Darker −10%#173833
Darker −20%#081412
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#166C5F
Less saturated −25%#364C49

Channel breakdown

R38
G92
B84
Red38 (14.9%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue84 (32.9%)
Hue171.11°
Saturation (HSL)41.54%
Lightness25.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 26 · G 5C · B 54

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