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Recognised as Colour

#15BE8D

  • #15BE8D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#15BE8D is a cyan with RGB values 21, 190, 141 and HSL 163°, 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 Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#15BE8D#15BE8D
HEX#15BE8D
RGBrgb(21, 190, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.7451, 0.5529
RGB percentages8.2%, 74.5%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(162.6, 80.1%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.6, 88.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK88.9%, 0%, 25.8%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,425,037
CSS custom property--colour: #15BE8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38909WCAG 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 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#EA4172

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAB08Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7A290no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 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

Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5Sea green · ΔE 21.5Turquoise · ΔE 22.9Aquamarine · ΔE 24.3Light seagreen · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE1546
Analogous#15BE39, #159BBE
Triadic#8D15BE, #BE8D15
Split complementary#BE159B, #BE3915
Tetradic#3915BE, #BE1546, #9BBE15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9F6DF
Lighter +30%#7CF0CF
Lighter +20%#4EEBBE
Lighter +10%#20E6AD
Darker −10%#10906B
Darker −20%#0B6249
Darker −30%#063427
Darker −40%#010605
More saturated +25%#00D396
Less saturated −25%#2FA482

Channel breakdown

R21
G190
B141
Red21 (8.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue162.6°
Saturation (HSL)80.09%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G BE · B 8D

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