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Recognised as Colour

#15BCA7

  • #15BCA7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#15BCA7 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 188, 167 and HSL 172°, 80%, 41%. 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

#15BCA7#15BCA7
HEX#15BCA7
RGBrgb(21, 188, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.7373, 0.6549
RGB percentages8.2%, 73.7%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(172.5, 79.9%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 88.8%, 73.7%)
CMYK88.8%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,424,551
CSS custom property--colour: #15BCA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#EA4358

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B0A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA1A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13Turquoise · ΔE 13.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1Dark cyan · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC152A
Analogous#15BC53, #157EBC
Triadic#A715BC, #BCA715
Split complementary#BC157E, #BC5315
Tetradic#5315BC, #BC152A, #7EBC15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A8F5EC
Lighter +30%#7AF0E1
Lighter +20%#4CEBD7
Lighter +10%#1EE6CD
Darker −10%#108E7E
Darker −20%#0B6055
Darker −30%#06322D
Darker −40%#010404
More saturated +25%#00D1B7
Less saturated −25%#2FA293

Channel breakdown

R21
G188
B167
Red21 (8.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue172.46°
Saturation (HSL)79.9%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G BC · B A7

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