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Recognised as Colour

#1BBEF9

  • #1BBEF9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#1BBEF9 is a cyan with RGB values 27, 190, 249 and HSL 196°, 95%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#1BBEF9#1BBEF9
HEX#1BBEF9
RGBrgb(27, 190, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.7451, 0.9765
RGB percentages10.6%, 74.5%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(195.9, 94.9%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.9, 89.2%, 97.6%)
CMYK89.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,818,361
CSS custom property--colour: #1BBEF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43899WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.78:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#E44106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BCFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#84A9F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CED2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Sky blue · ΔE 20.2Steel blue · ΔE 25.5Light steelblue · ΔE 30.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.76, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9561B
Analogous#1BF9C5, #1B4FF9
Triadic#F91BBE, #BEF91B
Split complementary#F91B4F, #F9C51B
Tetradic#C51BF9, #F9561B, #4FF91B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F7FE
Lighter +30%#B0E9FD
Lighter +20%#7EDAFC
Lighter +10%#4DCCFA
Darker −10%#06A3DB
Darker −20%#047EAA
Darker −30%#035978
Darker −40%#023446
More saturated +25%#15C1FF
Less saturated −25%#38B0DC

Channel breakdown

R27
G190
B249
Red27 (10.6%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue195.95°
Saturation (HSL)94.87%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1B · G BE · B F9

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