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Recognised as Colour

#1B6E5E

  • #1B6E5E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#1B6E5E is a cyan with RGB values 27, 110, 94 and HSL 168°, 61%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#1B6E5E#1B6E5E
HEX#1B6E5E
RGBrgb(27, 110, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.4314, 0.3686
RGB percentages10.6%, 43.1%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(168.4, 60.6%, 26.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.4, 75.5%, 43.1%)
CMYK75.5%, 0%, 14.5%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,797,726
CSS custom property--colour: #1B6E5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.11:1
Contrast with white6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#E491A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A675Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5F5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#007069no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.4Dark cyan · ΔE 15.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.4Cadetblue · ΔE 23.4Sea green · ΔE 23.6Light seagreen · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E1B2B
Analogous#1B6E35, #1B556E
Triadic#5E1B6E, #6E5E1B
Split complementary#6E1B55, #6E351B
Tetradic#341B6E, #6E1B2B, #546E1B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#77DECA
Lighter +30%#4ED4BA
Lighter +20%#2FC0A4
Lighter +10%#259781
Darker −10%#11453B
Darker −20%#071C18
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0A7F69
Less saturated −25%#2C5D53

Channel breakdown

R27
G110
B94
Red27 (10.6%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue168.43°
Saturation (HSL)60.58%
Lightness26.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1B · G 6E · B 5E

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