Recognised as Colour

#20A9BE

#20A9BE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#20A9BE is a cyan with RGB values 32, 169, 190 and HSL 188°, 71%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#20A9BE#20A9BE

HEX#20A9BE

RGBrgb(32, 169, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.1255, 0.6627, 0.7451

RGB percentages12.5%, 66.3%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(188, 71.2%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188, 83.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK83.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,140,606

CSS custom property--colour: #20A9BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32401WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.48:1

Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#DF5641

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#98A3BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8494BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00B2AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 15.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.8 Teal · ΔE 19.7 Sky blue · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 15.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BE3520

Analogous#20BE84, #205ABE

Triadic#BE20A9, #A9BE20

Split complementary#BE205A, #BE8420

Tetradic#8420BE, #BE3520, #5ABE20

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7EBF3

Lighter +30%#8BDFEC

Lighter +20%#60D3E4

Lighter +10%#34C6DD

Darker −10%#198292

Darker −20%#115B67

Darker −30%#0A353B

Darker −40%#030E0F

More saturated +25%#04BDDA

Less saturated −25%#3C95A2

Channel breakdown

R32

G169

B190

Red32 (12.5%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue187.97°

Saturation (HSL)71.17%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 20 · G A9 · B BE

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