Recognised as Colour

#1DF9D9

#1DF9D9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#1DF9D9 is a cyan with RGB values 29, 249, 217 and HSL 171°, 95%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#1DF9D9#1DF9D9

HEX#1DF9D9

RGBrgb(29, 249, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.1137, 0.9765, 0.851

RGB percentages11.4%, 97.6%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(171.3, 94.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 88.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK88.4%, 0%, 12.9%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,964,505

CSS custom property--colour: #1DF9D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#E20626

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEE9D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D6DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00FDEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 13 Turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Aqua · ΔE 17.5 Cyan · ΔE 17.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 13.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F91D3D

Analogous#1DF96B, #1DABF9

Triadic#D91DF9, #F9D91D

Split complementary#F91DAB, #F96B1D

Tetradic#6B1DF9, #F91D3D, #ABF91D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E4FEFA

Lighter +30%#B2FDF2

Lighter +20%#80FCEA

Lighter +10%#4FFAE1

Darker −10%#06DDBE

Darker −20%#05AB93

Darker −30%#037A69

Darker −40%#02483E

More saturated +25%#17FFDD

Less saturated −25%#3ADCC4

Channel breakdown

R29

G249

B217

Red29 (11.4%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue171.27°

Saturation (HSL)94.83%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 1D · G F9 · B D9

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