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Recognised as Colour

#1BA6DE

  • #1BA6DE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#1BA6DE is a cyan with RGB values 27, 166, 222 and HSL 197°, 78%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#1BA6DE#1BA6DE
HEX#1BA6DE
RGBrgb(27, 166, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.651, 0.8706
RGB percentages10.6%, 65.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(197.2, 78.3%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.2, 87.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK87.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,812,190
CSS custom property--colour: #1BA6DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#E45921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AA4E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7194DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#00B5B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.1Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 18.8Sky blue · ΔE 22.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.9Light steelblue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE531B
Analogous#1BDEB5, #1B44DE
Triadic#DE1BA6, #A6DE1B
Split complementary#DE1B44, #DEB41B
Tetradic#B51BDE, #DE531B, #45DE1B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCECF9
Lighter +30%#9FDBF3
Lighter +20%#71CAEE
Lighter +10%#44B9E8
Darker −10%#1584B1
Darker −20%#106283
Darker −30%#0A4056
Darker −40%#051E28
More saturated +25%#00B1F9
Less saturated −25%#3A99BF

Channel breakdown

R27
G166
B222
Red27 (10.6%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue197.23°
Saturation (HSL)78.31%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1B · G A6 · B DE

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