Colour

#266C75

#266C75
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#266C75 is a cyan with RGB values 38, 108, 117 and HSL 187°, 51%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#266C75#266C75

HEX#266C75

RGBrgb(38, 108, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.4235, 0.4588

RGB percentages14.9%, 42.4%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(186.8, 51%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.8, 67.5%, 45.9%)

CMYK67.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,518,133

CSS custom property--colour: #266C75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.03:1

Contrast with white6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#D9938A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#636876no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#575F75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00716Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.1 Slate grey · ΔE 19.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#752F26

Analogous#267556, #264575

Triadic#75266C, #6C7526

Split complementary#752645, #755626

Tetradic#562675, #752F26, #457526

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#8DD1DA

Lighter +30%#67C2CD

Lighter +20%#40B2C1

Lighter +10%#33909B

Darker −10%#19484F

Darker −20%#0D2528

Darker −30%#000102

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#137B88

Less saturated −25%#395D62

Channel breakdown

R38

G108

B117

Red38 (14.9%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue186.84°

Saturation (HSL)50.97%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G 6C · B 75

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