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Colour

#277C60

  • #277C60
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#277C60 is a cyan with RGB values 39, 124, 96 and HSL 160°, 52%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#277C60#277C60
HEX#277C60
RGBrgb(39, 124, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.4863, 0.3765
RGB percentages15.3%, 48.6%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(160.2, 52.1%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.2, 68.5%, 48.6%)
CMYK68.5%, 0%, 22.6%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,587,744
CSS custom property--colour: #277C60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1
Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#D8839F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79735Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D6B62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Tritanopia#007C74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 14.9Teal · ΔE 16.9Dark cyan · ΔE 18Light seagreen · ΔE 24.5Cadetblue · ΔE 24.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 14.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C2743
Analogous#277C36, #276D7C
Triadic#60277C, #7C6027
Split complementary#7C276D, #7C3627
Tetradic#36277C, #7C2743, #6D7C27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#92DDC4
Lighter +30%#6BD1AF
Lighter +20%#45C49A
Lighter +10%#33A37E
Darker −10%#1B5542
Darker −20%#0F2E24
Darker −30%#020806
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#139067
Less saturated −25%#3B6859

Channel breakdown

R39
G124
B96
Red39 (15.3%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue160.24°
Saturation (HSL)52.15%
Lightness31.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 27 · G 7C · B 60

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