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Recognised as Colour

#026872

  • #026872
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#026872 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 104, 114 and HSL 185°, 97%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#026872#026872
HEX#026872
RGBrgb(2, 104, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.4078, 0.4471
RGB percentages0.8%, 40.8%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(185.4, 96.6%, 22.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.4, 98.2%, 44.7%)
CMYK98.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer157,810
CSS custom property--colour: #026872;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.51:1
Contrast with white6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#FD978D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E6373no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#505A72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#006D6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.7Dark cyan · ΔE 16Cadetblue · ΔE 22.1Slate grey · ΔE 23.3Light slate grey · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#720C02
Analogous#027244, #023072
Triadic#720268, #687202
Split complementary#720230, #724402
Tetradic#440272, #720C02, #307202

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#44EBFC
Lighter +30%#12E6FB
Lighter +20%#04C3D6
Lighter +10%#0396A4
Darker −10%#013A40
Darker −20%#000D0E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006A74
Less saturated −25%#115C63

Channel breakdown

R2
G104
B114
Red2 (0.8%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue185.36°
Saturation (HSL)96.55%
Lightness22.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 68 · B 72

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