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Recognised as Colour

#1EC8EC

  • #1EC8EC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#1EC8EC is a cyan with RGB values 30, 200, 236 and HSL 190°, 84%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#1EC8EC#1EC8EC
HEX#1EC8EC
RGBrgb(30, 200, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.7843, 0.9255
RGB percentages11.8%, 78.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(190.5, 84.4%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 87.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK87.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,017,516
CSS custom property--colour: #1EC8EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47641WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.53:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#E13713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C2EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B0ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D4D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 23Light blue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 15.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC421E
Analogous#1EECA9, #1E61EC
Triadic#EC1EC8, #C8EC1E
Split complementary#EC1E61, #ECA91E
Tetradic#A91EEC, #EC421E, #61EC1E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAF6FC
Lighter +30%#ABEAF8
Lighter +20%#7CDFF4
Lighter +10%#4DD3F0
Darker −10%#11A7C6
Darker −20%#0D7F97
Darker −30%#095868
Darker −40%#053039
More saturated +25%#0BD4FF
Less saturated −25%#3DB4CE

Channel breakdown

R30
G200
B236
Red30 (11.8%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue190.49°
Saturation (HSL)84.43%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1E · G C8 · B EC

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