Colour

#1BBBA8

#1BBBA8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#1BBBA8 is a cyan with RGB values 27, 187, 168 and HSL 173°, 75%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#1BBBA8#1BBBA8

HEX#1BBBA8

RGBrgb(27, 187, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.7333, 0.6588

RGB percentages10.6%, 73.3%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(172.9, 74.8%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 85.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK85.6%, 0%, 10.2%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,817,512

CSS custom property--colour: #1BBBA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#E44457

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2AFA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9EA1AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00BFB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.7 Turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BB1B2E

Analogous#1BBB58, #1B7EBB

Triadic#A81BBB, #BBA81B

Split complementary#BB1B7E, #BB581B

Tetradic#581BBB, #BB1B2E, #7EBB1B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AFF3EB

Lighter +30%#82EDE0

Lighter +20%#55E7D5

Lighter +10%#29E0CA

Darker −10%#158E80

Darker −20%#0E6258

Darker −30%#083530

Darker −40%#010908

More saturated +25%#00D6BC

Less saturated −25%#36A094

Channel breakdown

R27

G187

B168

Red27 (10.6%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue172.88°

Saturation (HSL)74.77%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 1B · G BB · B A8

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