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Recognised as Colour

#1CAAAC

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

#1CAAAC is a cyan with RGB values 28, 170, 172 and HSL 181°, 72%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#1CAAAC#1CAAAC
HEX#1CAAAC
RGBrgb(28, 170, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.6667, 0.6745
RGB percentages11%, 66.7%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(180.8, 72%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.8, 83.7%, 67.5%)
CMYK83.7%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,878,700
CSS custom property--colour: #1CAAAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31975WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.39:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#E35553

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA1ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B93ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.7Dark cyan · ΔE 11.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 14.5Teal · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC1E1C
Analogous#1CAC66, #1C62AC
Triadic#AC1CAA, #AAAC1C
Split complementary#AC1C62, #AC661C
Tetradic#661CAC, #AC1E1C, #62AC1C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4EFF0
Lighter +30%#78E7E9
Lighter +20%#4CE0E2
Lighter +10%#23D5D8
Darker −10%#157F80
Darker −20%#0E5354
Darker −30%#072828
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#03C2C5
Less saturated −25%#359293

Channel breakdown

R28
G170
B172
Red28 (11%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue180.83°
Saturation (HSL)72%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1C · G AA · B AC

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