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Recognised as Colour

#26ACAB

  • #26ACAB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#26ACAB is a cyan with RGB values 38, 172, 171 and HSL 180°, 64%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#26ACAB#26ACAB
HEX#26ACAB
RGBrgb(38, 172, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.6745, 0.6706
RGB percentages14.9%, 67.5%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(179.6, 63.8%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.6, 77.9%, 67.5%)
CMYK77.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,534,571
CSS custom property--colour: #26ACAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#D95354

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A3ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E95ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.1Dark cyan · ΔE 12.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Cadetblue · ΔE 14.6Teal · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC2627
Analogous#26AC68, #266AAC
Triadic#AB26AC, #ACAB26
Split complementary#AC266A, #AC6826
Tetradic#6826AC, #AC2627, #6AAC26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0EEED
Lighter +30%#87E4E4
Lighter +20%#5DDBDA
Lighter +10%#33D2D1
Darker −10%#1D8281
Darker −20%#145858
Darker −30%#0A2F2E
Darker −40%#010505
More saturated +25%#0CC6C5
Less saturated −25%#409291

Channel breakdown

R38
G172
B171
Red38 (14.9%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue179.55°
Saturation (HSL)63.81%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 26 · G AC · B AB

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