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Recognised as Colour

#26B3BE

  • #26B3BE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#26B3BE is a cyan with RGB values 38, 179, 190 and HSL 184°, 67%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#26B3BE#26B3BE
HEX#26B3BE
RGBrgb(38, 179, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.702, 0.7451
RGB percentages14.9%, 70.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(184.3, 66.7%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 80%, 74.5%)
CMYK80%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,536,382
CSS custom property--colour: #26B3BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#D94C41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4ABBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#909CBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.6Dark cyan · ΔE 16.2Teal · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE3126
Analogous#26BE7D, #2667BE
Triadic#BE26B3, #B3BE26
Split complementary#BE2667, #BE7D26
Tetradic#7D26BE, #BE3126, #67BE26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEEEF2
Lighter +30%#94E3EA
Lighter +20%#69D8E1
Lighter +10%#3FCDD8
Darker −10%#1E8B94
Darker −20%#156369
Darker −30%#0D3B3F
Darker −40%#041314
More saturated +25%#0ACBDB
Less saturated −25%#439BA2

Channel breakdown

R38
G179
B190
Red38 (14.9%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue184.34°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G B3 · B BE

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