Colour

#1EB9AD

#1EB9AD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#1EB9AD is a cyan with RGB values 30, 185, 173 and HSL 175°, 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

#1EB9AD#1EB9AD

HEX#1EB9AD

RGBrgb(30, 185, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.7255, 0.6784

RGB percentages11.8%, 72.5%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(175.4, 72.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 83.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK83.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,013,613

CSS custom property--colour: #1EB9AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1

Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#E14652

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFAEADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BA0AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00BEB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.4 Turquoise · ΔE 13.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.69, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B91E2A

Analogous#1EB960, #1E77B9

Triadic#AD1EB9, #B9AD1E

Split complementary#B91E77, #B9601E

Tetradic#601EB9, #B91E2A, #77B91E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B1F2ED

Lighter +30%#85EBE3

Lighter +20%#59E4D9

Lighter +10%#2DDDCF

Darker −10%#178D84

Darker −20%#10615B

Darker −30%#093532

Darker −40%#020909

More saturated +25%#03D4C4

Less saturated −25%#399E96

Channel breakdown

R30

G185

B173

Red30 (11.8%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue175.35°

Saturation (HSL)72.09%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 1E · G B9 · B AD

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