Recognised as Colour

#297D68

#297D68
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#297D68 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 125, 104 and HSL 165°, 51%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#297D68

RGBrgb(41, 125, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.4902, 0.4078

RGB percentages16.1%, 49%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(165, 50.6%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(165, 67.2%, 49%)

CMYK67.2%, 0%, 16.8%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,719,080

CSS custom property--colour: #297D68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1

Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#D68297

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#797567no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6C69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Tritanopia#007E77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.1 Sea green · ΔE 18.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 21.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 22.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D293E

Analogous#297D3E, #29687D

Triadic#68297D, #7D6829

Split complementary#7D2968, #7D3E29

Tetradic#3E297D, #7D293E, #687D29

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#96DCCB

Lighter +30%#6FD0B8

Lighter +20%#49C3A5

Lighter +10%#36A388

Darker −10%#1C5748

Darker −20%#103028

Darker −30%#030A08

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#149272

Less saturated −25%#3E685E

Channel breakdown

R41

G125

B104

Red41 (16.1%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue165°

Saturation (HSL)50.6%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 29 · G 7D · B 68

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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