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Recognised as Colour

#11BC9C

  • #11BC9C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#11BC9C is a cyan with RGB values 17, 188, 156 and HSL 169°, 83%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#11BC9C#11BC9C
HEX#11BC9C
RGBrgb(17, 188, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.7373, 0.6118
RGB percentages6.7%, 73.7%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(168.8, 83.4%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 91%, 73.7%)
CMYK91%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,162,396
CSS custom property--colour: #11BC9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#EE4363

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5AF9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A19Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.6Light seagreen · ΔE 15Turquoise · ΔE 16Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC1131
Analogous#11BC47, #1186BC
Triadic#9C11BC, #BC9C11
Split complementary#BC1187, #BC4711
Tetradic#4711BC, #BC1131, #86BC11

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2F7E7
Lighter +30%#74F2DB
Lighter +20%#45EECE
Lighter +10%#16EAC2
Darker −10%#0D8D75
Darker −20%#095E4E
Darker −30%#043028
Darker −40%#000101
More saturated +25%#00CDA7
Less saturated −25%#2BA28C

Channel breakdown

R17
G188
B156
Red17 (6.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue168.77°
Saturation (HSL)83.41%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 11 · G BC · B 9C

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