Recognised as Colour
#298B92
- #298B92
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark cyan
#298B92 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 139, 146 and HSL 184°, 56%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.
Colour values
#298B92#298B92
HEX#298B92
RGBrgb(41, 139, 146)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.5451, 0.5725
RGB percentages16.1%, 54.5%, 57.3%
HSLhsl(184, 56.1%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 71.9%, 57.3%)
CMYK71.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,722,706
CSS custom property--colour: #298B92;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.21012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.2:1
Contrast with white4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#D6746D
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#923029
Analogous#299265, #295692
Triadic#92298B, #8B9229
Split complementary#922957, #926429
Tetradic#642992, #923029, #579229
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R41
G139
B146
Red41 (16.1%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue146 (57.3%)
Hue184°
Saturation (HSL)56.15%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 8B · B 92
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