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Recognised as Colour

#15F2E6

  • #15F2E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#15F2E6 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 242, 230 and HSL 177°, 89%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#15F2E6#15F2E6
HEX#15F2E6
RGBrgb(21, 242, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.949, 0.902
RGB percentages8.2%, 94.9%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(176.7, 89.5%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 91.3%, 94.9%)
CMYK91.3%, 0%, 5%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,438,438
CSS custom property--colour: #15F2E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.88:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#EA0D19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E4E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D1E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00F8EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.9Cyan · ΔE 7.9Turquoise · ΔE 8.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.7Aquamarine · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F21521
Analogous#15F278, #1590F2
Triadic#E615F2, #F2E615
Split complementary#F21590, #F27815
Tetradic#7715F2, #F21521, #8FF215

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6FDFB
Lighter +30%#A6FAF5
Lighter +20%#76F7F0
Lighter +10%#45F5EB
Darker −10%#0BC9BF
Darker −20%#089991
Darker −30%#066863
Darker −40%#033835
More saturated +25%#08FFF2
Less saturated −25%#34D3CA

Channel breakdown

R21
G242
B230
Red21 (8.2%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue176.74°
Saturation (HSL)89.47%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G F2 · B E6

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