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Recognised as Colour

#1BBDAE

  • #1BBDAE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#1BBDAE is a cyan with RGB values 27, 189, 174 and HSL 174°, 75%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#1BBDAE#1BBDAE
HEX#1BBDAE
RGBrgb(27, 189, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.7412, 0.6824
RGB percentages10.6%, 74.1%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(174.4, 75%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.4, 85.7%, 74.1%)
CMYK85.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,818,030
CSS custom property--colour: #1BBDAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.94:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#E44251

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B2AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA3B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.9Turquoise · ΔE 12.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.8Dark cyan · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD1B2A
Analogous#1BBD5D, #1B7BBD
Triadic#AE1BBD, #BDAE1B
Split complementary#BD1B7B, #BD5D1B
Tetradic#5D1BBD, #BD1B2A, #7BBD1B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0F4EE
Lighter +30%#84EDE4
Lighter +20%#57E7DA
Lighter +10%#2AE1D0
Darker −10%#159085
Darker −20%#0E645C
Darker −30%#083733
Darker −40%#020A0A
More saturated +25%#00D8C4
Less saturated −25%#36A298

Channel breakdown

R27
G189
B174
Red27 (10.6%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue174.44°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1B · G BD · B AE

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