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Recognised as Colour

#265D5C

  • #265D5C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#265D5C is a cyan with RGB values 38, 93, 92 and HSL 179°, 42%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#265D5C#265D5C
HEX#265D5C
RGBrgb(38, 93, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.3647, 0.3608
RGB percentages14.9%, 36.5%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(178.9, 42%, 25.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 59.1%, 36.5%)
CMYK59.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,514,268
CSS custom property--colour: #265D5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.49:1
Contrast with white7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#D9A2A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#57595Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E525Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#00605Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.1Teal · ΔE 16.6Dim grey · ΔE 20.6Dark cyan · ΔE 20.8Slate grey · ΔE 23.9Cadetblue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D2627
Analogous#265D40, #26435D
Triadic#5C265D, #5D5C26
Split complementary#5D2643, #5D4026
Tetradic#40265D, #5D2627, #435D26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#83CCCB
Lighter +30%#5FBDBC
Lighter +20%#44A5A4
Lighter +10%#358180
Darker −10%#173938
Darker −20%#081514
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#166D6C
Less saturated −25%#364D4C

Channel breakdown

R38
G93
B92
Red38 (14.9%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue178.91°
Saturation (HSL)41.98%
Lightness25.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 26 · G 5D · B 5C

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