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Recognised as Colour

#266B68

  • #266B68
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#266B68 is a cyan with RGB values 38, 107, 104 and HSL 177°, 48%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#266B68#266B68
HEX#266B68
RGBrgb(38, 107, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.4196, 0.4078
RGB percentages14.9%, 42%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(177.4, 47.6%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.4, 64.5%, 42%)
CMYK64.5%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,517,864
CSS custom property--colour: #266B68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.2:1
Contrast with white6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#D99497

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#656668no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A5E69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#006E6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 10.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.3Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7Cadetblue · ΔE 20.4Dim grey · ΔE 22.8Slate grey · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B2629
Analogous#266B45, #264C6B
Triadic#68266B, #6B6826
Split complementary#6B264C, #6B4526
Tetradic#45266B, #6B2629, #4C6B26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88D5D1
Lighter +30%#63C7C3
Lighter +20%#41B6B1
Lighter +10%#33918D
Darker −10%#194543
Darker −20%#0B201F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#147D79
Less saturated −25%#385957

Channel breakdown

R38
G107
B104
Red38 (14.9%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue177.39°
Saturation (HSL)47.59%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 26 · G 6B · B 68

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