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Recognised as Colour

#298CA6

  • #298CA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#298CA6 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 140, 166 and HSL 192°, 60%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#298CA6#298CA6
HEX#298CA6
RGBrgb(41, 140, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.549, 0.651
RGB percentages16.1%, 54.9%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(192.5, 60.4%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.5, 75.3%, 65.1%)
CMYK75.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,722,982
CSS custom property--colour: #298CA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.4:1
Contrast with white3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#D67359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C88A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B7CA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#009594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 16.1Dark cyan · ΔE 17.4Teal · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.3Light slate grey · ΔE 20Slate grey · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 16.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A64329
Analogous#29A682, #294DA6
Triadic#A6298C, #8CA629
Split complementary#A6294D, #A68229
Tetradic#8229A6, #A64329, #4DA629

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0DFEB
Lighter +30%#87CEE1
Lighter +20%#5EBED7
Lighter +10%#35ADCD
Darker −10%#1F6A7D
Darker −20%#154754
Darker −30%#0B252B
Darker −40%#010202
More saturated +25%#0F9BC0
Less saturated −25%#437D8C

Channel breakdown

R41
G140
B166
Red41 (16.1%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue192.48°
Saturation (HSL)60.39%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 8C · B A6

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