Colour

#266D69

#266D69
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#266D69 is a cyan with RGB values 38, 109, 105 and HSL 177°, 48%, 29%. 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

#266D69#266D69

HEX#266D69

RGBrgb(38, 109, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.4275, 0.4118

RGB percentages14.9%, 42.7%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(176.6, 48.3%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.6, 65.1%, 42.7%)

CMYK65.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,518,377

CSS custom property--colour: #266D69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.05:1

Contrast with white6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#D99296

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#676769no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5F6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00706Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 9.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9 Dim grey · ΔE 23.3 Slate grey · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D262A

Analogous#266D46, #264D6D

Triadic#69266D, #6D6926

Split complementary#6D264D, #6D4626

Tetradic#46266D, #6D262A, #4D6D26

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#89D6D2

Lighter +30%#63C9C3

Lighter +20%#40B9B2

Lighter +10%#33938D

Darker −10%#194745

Darker −20%#0C2120

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#147F79

Less saturated −25%#385B59

Channel breakdown

R38

G109

B105

Red38 (14.9%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue176.62°

Saturation (HSL)48.3%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 26 · G 6D · B 69

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Colour values

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