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Recognised as Colour

#10C5BF

  • #10C5BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#10C5BF is a cyan with RGB values 16, 197, 191 and HSL 178°, 85%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#10C5BF#10C5BF
HEX#10C5BF
RGBrgb(16, 197, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.7725, 0.749
RGB percentages6.3%, 77.3%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(178, 85%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178, 91.9%, 77.3%)
CMYK91.9%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,099,199
CSS custom property--colour: #10C5BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.76:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#EF3A40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BABFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2AAC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 6Light seagreen · ΔE 7.5Turquoise · ΔE 10.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4Aqua · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C51016
Analogous#10C565, #1070C5
Triadic#BF10C5, #C5BF10
Split complementary#C51070, #C56510
Tetradic#6510C5, #C51016, #70C510

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9F8F5
Lighter +30%#7AF4F0
Lighter +20%#4BF0EB
Lighter +10%#1BEDE6
Darker −10%#0C9691
Darker −20%#086764
Darker −30%#053736
Darker −40%#010808
More saturated +25%#00D5CE
Less saturated −25%#2BAAA6

Channel breakdown

R16
G197
B191
Red16 (6.3%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue178.01°
Saturation (HSL)84.98%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 10 · G C5 · B BF

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