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Recognised as Colour

#1BC0CA

  • #1BC0CA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#1BC0CA is a cyan with RGB values 27, 192, 202 and HSL 183°, 76%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#1BC0CA#1BC0CA
HEX#1BC0CA
RGBrgb(27, 192, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.7529, 0.7922
RGB percentages10.6%, 75.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(183.4, 76.4%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 86.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK86.6%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,818,826
CSS custom property--colour: #1BC0CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.44:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#E43F35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B7CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AA7CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.1Light seagreen · ΔE 11.5Turquoise · ΔE 18.4Cadetblue · ΔE 20Dark cyan · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA251B
Analogous#1BCA7D, #1B68CA
Triadic#CA1BC0, #C0CA1B
Split complementary#CA1B68, #CA7D1B
Tetradic#7D1BCA, #CA251B, #68CA1B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBF3F6
Lighter +30%#8EEAF0
Lighter +20%#61E2EA
Lighter +10%#34DAE4
Darker −10%#15959D
Darker −20%#0F6A70
Darker −30%#094043
Darker −40%#031516
More saturated +25%#00D8E5
Less saturated −25%#38A7AD

Channel breakdown

R27
G192
B202
Red27 (10.6%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue183.43°
Saturation (HSL)76.42%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1B · G C0 · B CA

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