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Recognised as Colour

#15BB85

  • #15BB85
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#15BB85 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 187, 133 and HSL 160°, 80%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#15BB85#15BB85
HEX#15BB85
RGBrgb(21, 187, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.7333, 0.5216
RGB percentages8.2%, 73.3%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(160.5, 79.8%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.5, 88.8%, 73.3%)
CMYK88.8%, 0%, 28.9%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,424,261
CSS custom property--colour: #15BB85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.48:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#EA447A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7AC82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59F89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.7Sea green · ΔE 20.4Turquoise · ΔE 25.9Aquamarine · ΔE 26.2Light seagreen · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB154B
Analogous#15BB32, #159EBB
Triadic#8515BB, #BB8515
Split complementary#BB159E, #BB3215
Tetradic#3215BB, #BB154B, #9EBB15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7F5DC
Lighter +30%#79F0C9
Lighter +20%#4BEBB7
Lighter +10%#1DE6A4
Darker −10%#108D64
Darker −20%#0B5F44
Darker −30%#063123
Darker −40%#000403
More saturated +25%#00D08C
Less saturated −25%#2FA17C

Channel breakdown

R21
G187
B133
Red21 (8.2%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue160.48°
Saturation (HSL)79.81%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G BB · B 85

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