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Recognised as Colour

#1DC9BD

  • #1DC9BD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#1DC9BD is a cyan with RGB values 29, 201, 189 and HSL 176°, 75%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#1DC9BD#1DC9BD
HEX#1DC9BD
RGBrgb(29, 201, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.1137, 0.7882, 0.7412
RGB percentages11.4%, 78.8%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(175.8, 74.8%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.8, 85.6%, 78.8%)
CMYK85.6%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,952,189
CSS custom property--colour: #1DC9BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.14:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#E23642

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEBDBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8ADBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00CEC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.9Turquoise · ΔE 8.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.6Light seagreen · ΔE 9.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.7Aqua · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C91D29
Analogous#1DC967, #1D7FC9
Triadic#BD1DC9, #C9BD1D
Split complementary#C91D7F, #C9671D
Tetradic#671DC9, #C91D29, #7FC91D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDF5F1
Lighter +30%#90EFE8
Lighter +20%#63E9DF
Lighter +10%#37E2D6
Darker −10%#179C93
Darker −20%#107069
Darker −30%#0A433F
Darker −40%#031715
More saturated +25%#00E6D6
Less saturated −25%#3AACA4

Channel breakdown

R29
G201
B189
Red29 (11.4%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue175.81°
Saturation (HSL)74.78%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1D · G C9 · B BD

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