Colour
#268B66
- #268B66
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Sea green
#268B66 is a cyan with RGB values 38, 139, 102 and HSL 158°, 57%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.
Colour values
#268B66#268B66
HEX#268B66
RGBrgb(38, 139, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.5451, 0.4
RGB percentages14.9%, 54.5%, 40%
HSLhsl(158, 57.1%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158, 72.7%, 54.5%)
CMYK72.7%, 0%, 26.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,526,054
CSS custom property--colour: #268B66;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.19837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#D97499
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8B264B
Analogous#268B34, #267D8B
Triadic#66268B, #8B6626
Split complementary#8B267D, #8B3426
Tetradic#34268B, #8B264B, #7D8B26
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R38
G139
B102
Red38 (14.9%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue158.02°
Saturation (HSL)57.06%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 26 · G 8B · B 66
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