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Recognised as Colour

#1E8E95

  • #1E8E95
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#1E8E95 is a cyan with RGB values 30, 142, 149 and HSL 184°, 66%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#1E8E95#1E8E95
HEX#1E8E95
RGBrgb(30, 142, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.5569, 0.5843
RGB percentages11.8%, 55.7%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(183.5, 66.5%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.5, 79.9%, 58.4%)
CMYK79.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,002,581
CSS custom property--colour: #1E8E95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#E1716A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#838796no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#727B95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009490no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 5.2Teal · ΔE 7Cadetblue · ΔE 11.5Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1Light slate grey · ΔE 24.8Slate grey · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95251E
Analogous#1E9560, #1E5395
Triadic#951E8E, #8E951E
Split complementary#951E53, #95601E
Tetradic#601E95, #95251E, #53951E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#95E5EA
Lighter +30%#6BDAE1
Lighter +20%#40D0D9
Lighter +10%#27B6BF
Darker −10%#15666B
Darker −20%#0D3D40
Darker −30%#041516
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#08A2AB
Less saturated −25%#347A7F

Channel breakdown

R30
G142
B149
Red30 (11.8%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue183.53°
Saturation (HSL)66.48%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1E · G 8E · B 95

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