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Recognised as Colour

#1CA99A

  • #1CA99A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#1CA99A is a cyan with RGB values 28, 169, 154 and HSL 174°, 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

#1CA99A#1CA99A
HEX#1CA99A
RGBrgb(28, 169, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.6627, 0.6039
RGB percentages11%, 66.3%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(173.6, 71.6%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.6, 83.4%, 66.3%)
CMYK83.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,878,426
CSS custom property--colour: #1CA99A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.19:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#E35665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09F99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E929Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADA4no 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 text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.3Dark cyan · ΔE 14.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1Teal · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A91C2B
Analogous#1CA953, #1C71A9
Triadic#9A1CA9, #A99A1C
Split complementary#A91C71, #A9531C
Tetradic#541CA9, #A91C2B, #72A91C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A1F0E7
Lighter +30%#76E8DC
Lighter +20%#4AE1D1
Lighter +10%#23D5C2
Darker −10%#157D72
Darker −20%#0E514A
Darker −30%#062622
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#03C2AD
Less saturated −25%#359087

Channel breakdown

R28
G169
B154
Red28 (11%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue173.62°
Saturation (HSL)71.57%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1C · G A9 · B 9A

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