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Recognised as Colour

#1CA995

  • #1CA995
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#1CA995 is a cyan with RGB values 28, 169, 149 and HSL 171°, 72%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#1CA995#1CA995
HEX#1CA995
RGBrgb(28, 169, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.6627, 0.5843
RGB percentages11%, 66.3%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(171.5, 71.6%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 83.4%, 66.3%)
CMYK83.4%, 0%, 11.8%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,878,421
CSS custom property--colour: #1CA995;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#E3566A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A19E94no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#909197no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00ACA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.7Dark cyan · ΔE 16.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.9Teal · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A91C30
Analogous#1CA94F, #1C76A9
Triadic#951CA9, #A9951C
Split complementary#A91C76, #A94F1C
Tetradic#4F1CA9, #A91C30, #76A91C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A1F0E4
Lighter +30%#76E8D8
Lighter +20%#4AE1CC
Lighter +10%#23D5BC
Darker −10%#157D6E
Darker −20%#0E5148
Darker −30%#062621
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#03C2A7
Less saturated −25%#359083

Channel breakdown

R28
G169
B149
Red28 (11%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue171.49°
Saturation (HSL)71.57%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1C · G A9 · B 95

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