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Recognised as Colour

#11BCA6

  • #11BCA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#11BCA6 is a cyan with RGB values 17, 188, 166 and HSL 172°, 83%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#11BCA6#11BCA6
HEX#11BCA6
RGBrgb(17, 188, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.7373, 0.651
RGB percentages6.7%, 73.7%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(172.3, 83.4%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 91%, 73.7%)
CMYK91%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,162,406
CSS custom property--colour: #11BCA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#EE4359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B0A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA1A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.3Turquoise · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.6Dark cyan · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC1127
Analogous#11BC51, #117CBC
Triadic#A611BC, #BCA611
Split complementary#BC117D, #BC5111
Tetradic#5011BC, #BC1127, #7CBC11

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2F7EC
Lighter +30%#74F2E2
Lighter +20%#45EED8
Lighter +10%#16EACF
Darker −10%#0D8D7D
Darker −20%#095E53
Darker −30%#04302A
Darker −40%#000101
More saturated +25%#00CDB3
Less saturated −25%#2BA293

Channel breakdown

R17
G188
B166
Red17 (6.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue172.28°
Saturation (HSL)83.41%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 11 · G BC · B A6

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