Colour

#27685E

#27685E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#27685E is a cyan with RGB values 39, 104, 94 and HSL 171°, 45%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#27685E#27685E

HEX#27685E

RGBrgb(39, 104, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.4078, 0.3686

RGB percentages15.3%, 40.8%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(170.8, 45.5%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 62.5%, 40.8%)

CMYK62.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,582,622

CSS custom property--colour: #27685E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.51:1

Contrast with white6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#D897A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#63625Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A5B5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Tritanopia#006A65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 22.7 Dim grey · ΔE 23.7 Slate grey · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#682731

Analogous#27683E, #275268

Triadic#5E2768, #685E27

Split complementary#682752, #683E27

Tetradic#3D2768, #682731, #526827

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#88D3C7

Lighter +30%#63C5B6

Lighter +20%#43B2A1

Lighter +10%#358D80

Darker −10%#19433C

Darker −20%#0B1E1B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#157A6A

Less saturated −25%#395652

Channel breakdown

R39

G104

B94

Red39 (15.3%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue170.77°

Saturation (HSL)45.45%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 27 · G 68 · B 5E

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Colour values

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