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Recognised as Colour

#299D9F

  • #299D9F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#299D9F is a cyan with RGB values 41, 157, 159 and HSL 181°, 59%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#299D9F#299D9F
HEX#299D9F
RGBrgb(41, 157, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.6157, 0.6235
RGB percentages16.1%, 61.6%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(181, 59%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 74.2%, 62.4%)
CMYK74.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,727,327
CSS custom property--colour: #299D9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.42:1
Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#D66260

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92959Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8189A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00A29Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 7Light seagreen · ΔE 10.8Cadetblue · ΔE 10.9Teal · ΔE 11Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F2B29
Analogous#299F66, #29629F
Triadic#9F299D, #9D9F29
Split complementary#9F2962, #9F6629
Tetradic#66299F, #9F2B29, #629F29

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE8E9
Lighter +30%#82DDDF
Lighter +20%#5AD2D4
Lighter +10%#33C5C8
Darker −10%#1F7576
Darker −20%#144D4E
Darker −30%#0A2525
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#10B5B8
Less saturated −25%#428586

Channel breakdown

R41
G157
B159
Red41 (16.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue181.02°
Saturation (HSL)59%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G 9D · B 9F

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