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Recognised as Colour

#26AFA6

  • #26AFA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#26AFA6 is a cyan with RGB values 38, 175, 166 and HSL 176°, 64%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#26AFA6#26AFA6
HEX#26AFA6
RGBrgb(38, 175, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.6863, 0.651
RGB percentages14.9%, 68.6%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(176.1, 64.3%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.1, 78.3%, 68.6%)
CMYK78.3%, 0%, 5.1%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,535,334
CSS custom property--colour: #26AFA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#D95059

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A5A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9298A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 1.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 17.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 1.47, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF262F
Analogous#26AF61, #2674AF
Triadic#A626AF, #AFA626
Split complementary#AF2674, #AF6126
Tetradic#6126AF, #AF262F, #74AF26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3EEEA
Lighter +30%#89E5DF
Lighter +20%#5FDCD4
Lighter +10%#35D3C9
Darker −10%#1D857E
Darker −20%#145B57
Darker −30%#0B312F
Darker −40%#020707
More saturated +25%#0BCABD
Less saturated −25%#41948F

Channel breakdown

R38
G175
B166
Red38 (14.9%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue176.06°
Saturation (HSL)64.32%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 26 · G AF · B A6

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