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Recognised as Colour

#277E6E

  • #277E6E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#277E6E is a cyan with RGB values 39, 126, 110 and HSL 169°, 53%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#277E6E#277E6E
HEX#277E6E
RGBrgb(39, 126, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.4941, 0.4314
RGB percentages15.3%, 49.4%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(169, 52.7%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169, 69%, 49.4%)
CMYK69%, 0%, 12.7%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,588,270
CSS custom property--colour: #277E6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1
Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#D88191

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79766Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D6D6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Tritanopia#008079no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 9.8Dark cyan · ΔE 11.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9Light seagreen · ΔE 21.2Sea green · ΔE 21.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E2737
Analogous#277E42, #27637E
Triadic#6E277E, #7E6E27
Split complementary#7E2762, #7E4227
Tetradic#43277E, #7E2737, #637E27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93DED0
Lighter +30%#6CD2BF
Lighter +20%#45C6AE
Lighter +10%#33A590
Darker −10%#1B574C
Darker −20%#0F302A
Darker −30%#030908
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#12937B
Less saturated −25%#3C6961

Channel breakdown

R39
G126
B110
Red39 (15.3%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue168.97°
Saturation (HSL)52.73%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 27 · G 7E · B 6E

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