Recognised as Colour

#1BFAFB

#1BFAFB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#1BFAFB is a cyan with RGB values 27, 250, 251 and HSL 180°, 97%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#1BFAFB#1BFAFB

HEX#1BFAFB

RGBrgb(27, 250, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.1059, 0.9804, 0.9843

RGB percentages10.6%, 98%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(180.3, 96.6%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.3, 89.2%, 98.4%)

CMYK89.2%, 0.4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,833,723

CSS custom property--colour: #1BFAFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.11:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#E40504

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8EDFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCD9FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 2.3 Cyan · ΔE 2.3 Turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 2.26, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FB1C1B

Analogous#1BFB8C, #1B8AFB

Triadic#FB1BFA, #FAFB1B

Split complementary#FB1B8A, #FB8C1B

Tetradic#8C1BFB, #FB1C1B, #8AFB1B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3FEFF

Lighter +30%#B1FDFE

Lighter +20%#7FFCFD

Lighter +10%#4DFBFC

Darker −10%#04DEDF

Darker −20%#03ACAD

Darker −30%#027A7B

Darker −40%#014849

More saturated +25%#17FEFF

Less saturated −25%#38DDDE

Channel breakdown

R27

G250

B251

Red27 (10.6%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue180.27°

Saturation (HSL)96.55%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 1B · G FA · B FB

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