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Recognised as Colour

#10BCD8

  • #10BCD8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#10BCD8 is a cyan with RGB values 16, 188, 216 and HSL 188°, 86%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#10BCD8#10BCD8
HEX#10BCD8
RGBrgb(16, 188, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.7373, 0.8471
RGB percentages6.3%, 73.7%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(188.4, 86.2%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.4, 92.6%, 84.7%)
CMYK92.6%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,096,920
CSS custom property--colour: #10BCD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#EF4327

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B5DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#90A4D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.8Sky blue · ΔE 17.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.9Light skyblue · ΔE 20.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.9Light seagreen · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 16.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D82C10
Analogous#10D890, #1058D8
Triadic#D810BC, #BCD810
Split complementary#D81058, #D89010
Tetradic#9010D8, #D82C10, #58D810

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAF1FA
Lighter +30%#8BE7F6
Lighter +20%#5BDEF3
Lighter +10%#2CD4EF
Darker −10%#0C93A9
Darker −20%#096979
Darker −30%#05404A
Darker −40%#02171A
More saturated +25%#00C8E8
Less saturated −25%#2DA7BB

Channel breakdown

R16
G188
B216
Red16 (6.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue188.4°
Saturation (HSL)86.21%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 10 · G BC · B D8

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