Recognised as Colour

#1AEDD8

#1AEDD8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#1AEDD8 is a cyan with RGB values 26, 237, 216 and HSL 174°, 85%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#1AEDD8#1AEDD8

HEX#1AEDD8

RGBrgb(26, 237, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.102, 0.9294, 0.8471

RGB percentages10.2%, 92.9%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(174, 85.4%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174, 89%, 92.9%)

CMYK89%, 0%, 8.9%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,764,824

CSS custom property--colour: #1AEDD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.15:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#E51227

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1DFD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8CCDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00F2E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.5 Aqua · ΔE 13 Cyan · ΔE 13 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.54, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ED1A2F

Analogous#1AED6E, #1A99ED

Triadic#D81AED, #EDD81A

Split complementary#ED1A98, #ED6E1A

Tetradic#6F1AED, #ED1A2F, #99ED1A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D7FCF8

Lighter +30%#A8F8F0

Lighter +20%#79F4E8

Lighter +10%#49F1E0

Darker −10%#0FC5B3

Darker −20%#0C9588

Darker −30%#08665D

Darker −40%#043732

More saturated +25%#08FFE6

Less saturated −25%#39CEBF

Channel breakdown

R26

G237

B216

Red26 (10.2%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue174.03°

Saturation (HSL)85.43%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 1A · G ED · B D8

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