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Recognised as Colour

#127F72

  • #127F72
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#127F72 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 127, 114 and HSL 173°, 75%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#127F72#127F72
HEX#127F72
RGBrgb(18, 127, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.498, 0.4471
RGB percentages7.1%, 49.8%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(172.8, 75.2%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.8, 85.8%, 49.8%)
CMYK85.8%, 0%, 10.2%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,212,274
CSS custom property--colour: #127F72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#ED808D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#797772no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B6D73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00827Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 7.9Dark cyan · ΔE 9.2Cadetblue · ΔE 19.1Light seagreen · ΔE 19.8Sea green · ΔE 23Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7F121F
Analogous#127F3C, #12567F
Triadic#72127F, #7F7212
Split complementary#7F1256, #7F3B12
Tetradic#3C127F, #7F121F, #567F12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#72EBDD
Lighter +30%#45E5D2
Lighter +20%#1FD8C2
Lighter +10%#18AC9A
Darker −10%#0C524A
Darker −20%#052622
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009180
Less saturated −25%#246D64

Channel breakdown

R18
G127
B114
Red18 (7.1%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue172.84°
Saturation (HSL)75.17%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 12 · G 7F · B 72

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