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Recognised as Colour

#1C9986

  • #1C9986
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#1C9986 is a cyan with RGB values 28, 153, 134 and HSL 171°, 69%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#1C9986#1C9986
HEX#1C9986
RGBrgb(28, 153, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.6, 0.5255
RGB percentages11%, 60%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(170.9, 69.1%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 81.7%, 60%)
CMYK81.7%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,874,310
CSS custom property--colour: #1C9986;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#E36679

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928F85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#828388no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009C93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.4Dark cyan · ΔE 12.5Teal · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 19.5Sea green · ΔE 20.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#991C2F
Analogous#1C9947, #1C6E99
Triadic#861C99, #99861C
Split complementary#991C6E, #99471C
Tetradic#471C99, #991C2F, #6E991C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#95ECDF
Lighter +30%#6AE4D1
Lighter +20%#3FDCC4
Lighter +10%#24C4AC
Darker −10%#146E60
Darker −20%#0C433A
Darker −30%#041815
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#05B096
Less saturated −25%#338276

Channel breakdown

R28
G153
B134
Red28 (11%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue170.88°
Saturation (HSL)69.06%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1C · G 99 · B 86

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