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Recognised as Colour

#1C9686

  • #1C9686
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#1C9686 is a cyan with RGB values 28, 150, 134 and HSL 172°, 69%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#1C9686#1C9686
HEX#1C9686
RGBrgb(28, 150, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.5882, 0.5255
RGB percentages11%, 58.8%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(172.1, 68.5%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 81.3%, 58.8%)
CMYK81.3%, 0%, 10.7%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,873,542
CSS custom property--colour: #1C9686;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.76:1
Contrast with white3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#E36979

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8D85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F8187no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009991no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 10.3Light seagreen · ΔE 11.6Teal · ΔE 12.8Cadetblue · ΔE 18Sea green · ΔE 21.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#961C2C
Analogous#1C9649, #1C6996
Triadic#861C96, #96861C
Split complementary#961C69, #96491C
Tetradic#491C96, #961C2C, #69961C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93EBDF
Lighter +30%#68E3D3
Lighter +20%#3DDBC6
Lighter +10%#24C1AC
Darker −10%#146B60
Darker −20%#0C4039
Darker −30%#041513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#06AC96
Less saturated −25%#328076

Channel breakdown

R28
G150
B134
Red28 (11%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue172.13°
Saturation (HSL)68.54%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1C · G 96 · B 86

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