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Recognised as Colour

#26BED6

  • #26BED6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#26BED6 is a cyan with RGB values 38, 190, 214 and HSL 188°, 70%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#26BED6#26BED6
HEX#26BED6
RGBrgb(38, 190, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.7451, 0.8392
RGB percentages14.9%, 74.5%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(188.2, 69.8%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.2, 82.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK82.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,539,222
CSS custom property--colour: #26BED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42094WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#D94129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB7D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#94A6D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.9Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6Light seagreen · ΔE 19.1Cadetblue · ΔE 20.6Light skyblue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D63E26
Analogous#26D696, #2666D6
Triadic#D626BE, #BED626
Split complementary#D62666, #D69626
Tetradic#9626D6, #D63E26, #66D626

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1F2F7
Lighter +30%#A6E5EF
Lighter +20%#7BD9E7
Lighter +10%#4FCCE0
Darker −10%#1E98AB
Darker −20%#17717F
Darker −30%#0F4B54
Darker −40%#072429
More saturated +25%#07D5F6
Less saturated −25%#46A7B7

Channel breakdown

R38
G190
B214
Red38 (14.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue188.18°
Saturation (HSL)69.84%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G BE · B D6

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