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Recognised as Colour

#297C81

  • #297C81
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#297C81 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 124, 129 and HSL 183°, 52%, 33%. 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

#297C81#297C81
HEX#297C81
RGBrgb(41, 124, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.4863, 0.5059
RGB percentages16.1%, 48.6%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(183.4, 51.8%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 68.2%, 50.6%)
CMYK68.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,718,849
CSS custom property--colour: #297C81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.9 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 black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#D6837E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#737681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#666D81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00817Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 6.4Dark cyan · ΔE 9.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.6Slate grey · ΔE 21.2Light slate grey · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#812E29
Analogous#29815A, #295081
Triadic#81297C, #7C8129
Split complementary#812950, #815A29
Tetradic#5A2981, #812E29, #508129

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#98DADE
Lighter +30%#71CCD2
Lighter +20%#4ABFC6
Lighter +10%#35A1A8
Darker −10%#1D575A
Darker −20%#103234
Darker −30%#040C0D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#148F96
Less saturated −25%#3E696C

Channel breakdown

R41
G124
B129
Red41 (16.1%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue183.41°
Saturation (HSL)51.76%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 7C · B 81

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