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Recognised as Colour

#1EB9AA

  • #1EB9AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#1EB9AA is a cyan with RGB values 30, 185, 170 and HSL 174°, 72%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#1EB9AA#1EB9AA
HEX#1EB9AA
RGBrgb(30, 185, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.7255, 0.6667
RGB percentages11.8%, 72.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(174.2, 72.1%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.2, 83.8%, 72.5%)
CMYK83.8%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,013,610
CSS custom property--colour: #1EB9AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.58:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#E14655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFAEAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C9FACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.7Turquoise · ΔE 13.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.1Dark cyan · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B91E2D
Analogous#1EB95D, #1E7AB9
Triadic#AA1EB9, #B9AA1E
Split complementary#B91E7A, #B95C1E
Tetradic#5D1EB9, #B91E2D, #7BB91E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1F2EC
Lighter +30%#85EBE1
Lighter +20%#59E4D7
Lighter +10%#2DDDCC
Darker −10%#178D82
Darker −20%#106159
Darker −30%#093531
Darker −40%#020909
More saturated +25%#03D4C0
Less saturated −25%#399E94

Channel breakdown

R30
G185
B170
Red30 (11.8%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue174.19°
Saturation (HSL)72.09%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1E · G B9 · B AA

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