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Recognised as Colour

#266B4E

  • #266B4E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#266B4E is a cyan with RGB values 38, 107, 78 and HSL 155°, 48%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#266B4E#266B4E
HEX#266B4E
RGBrgb(38, 107, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.4196, 0.3059
RGB percentages14.9%, 42%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(154.8, 47.6%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.8, 64.5%, 42%)
CMYK64.5%, 0%, 27.1%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,517,838
CSS custom property--colour: #266B4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11478WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.37:1
Contrast with white6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#D994B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#69634Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#605C50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#006B63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 18.4Teal · ΔE 20.1Dark cyan · ΔE 22.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 24Cadetblue · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 18.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B2643
Analogous#266B2B, #26666B
Triadic#4E266B, #6B4E26
Split complementary#6B2666, #6B2B26
Tetradic#2B266B, #6B2643, #666B26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88D5B5
Lighter +30%#63C79D
Lighter +20%#41B685
Lighter +10%#339169
Darker −10%#194533
Darker −20%#0B2017
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#147D51
Less saturated −25%#38594B

Channel breakdown

R38
G107
B78
Red38 (14.9%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue154.78°
Saturation (HSL)47.59%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 26 · G 6B · B 4E

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