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Recognised as Colour

#1BCED1

  • #1BCED1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#1BCED1 is a cyan with RGB values 27, 206, 209 and HSL 181°, 77%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#1BCED1#1BCED1
HEX#1BCED1
RGBrgb(27, 206, 209)
RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.8078, 0.8196
RGB percentages10.6%, 80.8%, 82%
HSLhsl(181, 77.1%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 87.1%, 82%)
CMYK87.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,822,417
CSS custom property--colour: #1BCED1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.8:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#E4312E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC4D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B3D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 1Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.4Light seagreen · ΔE 12Turquoise · ΔE 12Aqua · ΔE 18.1Cyan · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 0.99, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D11E1B
Analogous#1BD179, #1B73D1
Triadic#D11BCE, #CED11B
Split complementary#D11B73, #D1791B
Tetradic#791BD1, #D11E1B, #73D11B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1F6F7
Lighter +30%#94F0F1
Lighter +20%#67E9EB
Lighter +10%#3AE3E5
Darker −10%#15A1A4
Darker −20%#0F7577
Darker −30%#09484A
Darker −40%#041C1C
More saturated +25%#00E8EC
Less saturated −25%#39B1B3

Channel breakdown

R27
G206
B209
Red27 (10.6%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue209 (82%)
Hue180.99°
Saturation (HSL)77.12%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1B · G CE · B D1

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