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Recognised as Colour

#299C75

  • #299C75
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#299C75 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 156, 117 and HSL 160°, 58%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#299C75#299C75
HEX#299C75
RGBrgb(41, 156, 117)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.6118, 0.4588
RGB percentages16.1%, 61.2%, 45.9%
HSLhsl(159.7, 58.4%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.7, 73.7%, 61.2%)
CMYK73.7%, 0%, 25%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,727,029
CSS custom property--colour: #299C75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.11:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#D6638A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999173no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8678no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009C91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 10.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.6Light seagreen · ΔE 19.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.4Dark cyan · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C2950
Analogous#299C3C, #298A9C
Triadic#75299C, #9C7529
Split complementary#9C2989, #9C3C29
Tetradic#3C299C, #9C2950, #8A9C29

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9E8D3
Lighter +30%#80DEBE
Lighter +20%#58D3A9
Lighter +10%#34C493
Darker −10%#1E7457
Darker −20%#144B38
Darker −30%#09231A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#10B57D
Less saturated −25%#42836D

Channel breakdown

R41
G156
B117
Red41 (16.1%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue117 (45.9%)
Hue159.65°
Saturation (HSL)58.38%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 29 · G 9C · B 75

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