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Recognised as Colour

#1BAAED

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

#1BAAED is a cyan with RGB values 27, 170, 237 and HSL 199°, 85%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#1BAAED#1BAAED
HEX#1BAAED
RGBrgb(27, 170, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.6667, 0.9294
RGB percentages10.6%, 66.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(199.1, 85.4%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 88.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK88.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,813,229
CSS custom property--colour: #1BAAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.02:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#E45512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#89AAF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E98ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.9Steel blue · ΔE 19Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4Sky blue · ΔE 25.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED5E1B
Analogous#1BEDC7, #1B41ED
Triadic#ED1BAA, #AAED1B
Split complementary#ED1B41, #EDC71B
Tetradic#C71BED, #ED5E1B, #41ED1B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8F0FC
Lighter +30%#A9DFF8
Lighter +20%#7ACDF4
Lighter +10%#4ABCF1
Darker −10%#108BC5
Darker −20%#0C6A96
Darker −30%#084967
Darker −40%#042738
More saturated +25%#09B1FF
Less saturated −25%#3A9FCE

Channel breakdown

R27
G170
B237
Red27 (10.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue199.14°
Saturation (HSL)85.37%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1B · G AA · B ED

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