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Recognised as Colour

#15BE90

  • #15BE90
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#15BE90 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 190, 144 and HSL 164°, 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

#15BE90#15BE90
HEX#15BE90
RGBrgb(21, 190, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.7451, 0.5647
RGB percentages8.2%, 74.5%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(163.7, 80.1%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.7, 88.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK88.9%, 0%, 24.2%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,425,040
CSS custom property--colour: #15BE90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#EA416F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B08Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A293no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 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 text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.4Turquoise · ΔE 21.5Sea green · ΔE 21.7Light seagreen · ΔE 22.8Aquamarine · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE1543
Analogous#15BE3C, #1598BE
Triadic#9015BE, #BE9015
Split complementary#BE1598, #BE3B15
Tetradic#3C15BE, #BE1543, #98BE15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9F6E1
Lighter +30%#7CF0D1
Lighter +20%#4EEBC0
Lighter +10%#20E6B0
Darker −10%#10906D
Darker −20%#0B624A
Darker −30%#063428
Darker −40%#010605
More saturated +25%#00D39A
Less saturated −25%#2FA484

Channel breakdown

R21
G190
B144
Red21 (8.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue163.67°
Saturation (HSL)80.09%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G BE · B 90

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