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Colour

#15BEC5

  • #15BEC5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#15BEC5 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 190, 197 and HSL 182°, 81%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#15BEC5#15BEC5
HEX#15BEC5
RGBrgb(21, 190, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.7451, 0.7725
RGB percentages8.2%, 74.5%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(182.4, 80.7%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.4, 89.3%, 77.3%)
CMYK89.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,425,093
CSS custom property--colour: #15BEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#EA413A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB5C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A5C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.3Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Turquoise · ΔE 17.5Dark cyan · ΔE 19.5Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C51C15
Analogous#15C574, #1566C5
Triadic#C515BE, #BEC515
Split complementary#C51566, #C57415
Tetradic#7415C5, #C51C15, #66C515

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFF4F7
Lighter +30%#81EDF2
Lighter +20%#53E7ED
Lighter +10%#25E0E8
Darker −10%#109297
Darker −20%#0B6569
Darker −30%#06393B
Darker −40%#010C0D
More saturated +25%#00D1DA
Less saturated −25%#30A5AA

Channel breakdown

R21
G190
B197
Red21 (8.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue182.39°
Saturation (HSL)80.73%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G BE · B C5

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