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Recognised as Colour

#1AA59C

  • #1AA59C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#1AA59C is a cyan with RGB values 26, 165, 156 and HSL 176°, 73%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#1AA59C#1AA59C
HEX#1AA59C
RGBrgb(26, 165, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.102, 0.6471, 0.6118
RGB percentages10.2%, 64.7%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(176.1, 72.8%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.1, 84.2%, 64.7%)
CMYK84.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,746,332
CSS custom property--colour: #1AA59C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#E55A63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9B9Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#898E9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00A9A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.9Dark cyan · ΔE 11.2Teal · ΔE 15.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 16Cadetblue · ΔE 16.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.86, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A51A23
Analogous#1AA556, #1A69A5
Triadic#9C1AA5, #A59C1A
Split complementary#A51A69, #A5561A
Tetradic#561AA5, #A51A23, #69A51A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9CEFEA
Lighter +30%#70E8E1
Lighter +20%#44E1D7
Lighter +10%#21D1C6
Darker −10%#137972
Darker −20%#0C4D49
Darker −30%#05211F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#02BDB1
Less saturated −25%#328D87

Channel breakdown

R26
G165
B156
Red26 (10.2%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue176.12°
Saturation (HSL)72.77%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1A · G A5 · B 9C

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