Recognised as Colour

#1BDED9

#1BDED9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#1BDED9 is a cyan with RGB values 27, 222, 217 and HSL 178°, 78%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#1BDED9#1BDED9

HEX#1BDED9

RGBrgb(27, 222, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.8706, 0.851

RGB percentages10.6%, 87.1%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(178.5, 78.3%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.5, 87.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK87.8%, 0%, 2.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,826,521

CSS custom property--colour: #1BDED9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.5:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#E42126

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0D2D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7C0DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00E5DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.6 Aqua · ΔE 12.2 Cyan · ΔE 12.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.4

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE1B20

Analogous#1BDE77, #1B82DE

Triadic#D91BDE, #DED91B

Split complementary#DE1B82, #DE771B

Tetradic#781BDE, #DE1B20, #82DE1B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCF9F8

Lighter +30%#9FF3F1

Lighter +20%#71EEEB

Lighter +10%#44E8E4

Darker −10%#15B1AD

Darker −20%#108380

Darker −30%#0A5654

Darker −40%#052827

More saturated +25%#00F9F3

Less saturated −25%#3ABFBB

Channel breakdown

R27

G222

B217

Red27 (10.6%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue178.46°

Saturation (HSL)78.31%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 1B · G DE · B D9

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