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Recognised as Colour

#26CDBC

  • #26CDBC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#26CDBC is a cyan with RGB values 38, 205, 188 and HSL 174°, 69%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#26CDBC#26CDBC
HEX#26CDBC
RGBrgb(38, 205, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.8039, 0.7373
RGB percentages14.9%, 80.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(173.9, 68.7%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.9, 81.5%, 80.4%)
CMYK81.5%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,543,036
CSS custom property--colour: #26CDBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.54:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#D93243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C1BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB1BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D1C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.1Light seagreen · ΔE 11.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.8Aqua · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD2637
Analogous#26CD69, #268ACD
Triadic#BC26CD, #CDBC26
Split complementary#CD268A, #CD6926
Tetradic#6926CD, #CD2637, #8ACD26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAF5F1
Lighter +30%#9FEDE5
Lighter +20%#74E5DA
Lighter +10%#49DDCE
Darker −10%#1EA295
Darker −20%#16776D
Darker −30%#0E4C46
Darker −40%#06211E
More saturated +25%#08EBD4
Less saturated −25%#44AFA4

Channel breakdown

R38
G205
B188
Red38 (14.9%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue173.89°
Saturation (HSL)68.72%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 26 · G CD · B BC

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