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Recognised as Colour

#1E969C

  • #1E969C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#1E969C is a cyan with RGB values 30, 150, 156 and HSL 183°, 68%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#1E969C#1E969C
HEX#1E969C
RGBrgb(30, 150, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.5882, 0.6118
RGB percentages11.8%, 58.8%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(182.9, 67.7%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.9, 80.8%, 61.2%)
CMYK80.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,004,636
CSS custom property--colour: #1E969C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.9:1
Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#E16963

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8F9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#79829Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009C98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 5.8Teal · ΔE 9.1Cadetblue · ΔE 11.2Light seagreen · ΔE 14Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C241E
Analogous#1E9C63, #1E579C
Triadic#9C1E96, #969C1E
Split complementary#9C1E57, #9C631E
Tetradic#631E9C, #9C241E, #579C1E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9AE8EC
Lighter +30%#70DEE3
Lighter +20%#45D4DB
Lighter +10%#26BFC7
Darker −10%#166D71
Darker −20%#0E4446
Darker −30%#051B1C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#07ABB3
Less saturated −25%#358185

Channel breakdown

R30
G150
B156
Red30 (11.8%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue182.86°
Saturation (HSL)67.74%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1E · G 96 · B 9C

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