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Recognised as Colour

#26809C

  • #26809C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#26809C is a cyan with RGB values 38, 128, 156 and HSL 194°, 61%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#26809C#26809C
HEX#26809C
RGBrgb(38, 128, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.502, 0.6118
RGB percentages14.9%, 50.2%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(194.2, 60.8%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 75.6%, 61.2%)
CMYK75.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,523,292
CSS custom property--colour: #26809C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.65:1
Contrast with white4.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#D97F63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#707D9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#60719Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#008989no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.8Slate grey · ΔE 18.8Teal · ΔE 18.9Light slate grey · ΔE 19.1Cadetblue · ΔE 19.2Dark cyan · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C4226
Analogous#269C7D, #26459C
Triadic#9C2680, #809C26
Split complementary#9C2645, #9C7D26
Tetradic#7D269C, #9C4226, #459C26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5D9E9
Lighter +30%#7CC8DF
Lighter +20%#53B6D5
Lighter +10%#30A2C5
Darker −10%#1C5E73
Darker −20%#123D4A
Darker −30%#081B21
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0E8DB4
Less saturated −25%#3E7384

Channel breakdown

R38
G128
B156
Red38 (14.9%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue194.24°
Saturation (HSL)60.82%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 80 · B 9C

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