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Recognised as Colour

#27909E

  • #27909E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#27909E is a cyan with RGB values 39, 144, 158 and HSL 187°, 60%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#27909E#27909E
HEX#27909E
RGBrgb(39, 144, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.5647, 0.6196
RGB percentages15.3%, 56.5%, 62%
HSLhsl(187.1, 60.4%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.1, 75.3%, 62%)
CMYK75.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,592,926
CSS custom property--colour: #27909E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#D86F61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#838A9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#727E9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009794no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 9.9Teal · ΔE 11Cadetblue · ΔE 11.4Light seagreen · ΔE 19.7Light slate grey · ΔE 22.3Slate grey · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E3527
Analogous#279E70, #27559E
Triadic#9E2790, #909E27
Split complementary#9E2755, #9E7127
Tetradic#70279E, #9E3527, #559E27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A8E2E9
Lighter +30%#7FD4DF
Lighter +20%#56C6D5
Lighter +10%#31B5C7
Darker −10%#1D6B75
Darker −20%#13454C
Darker −30%#092023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0EA3B7
Less saturated −25%#407D85

Channel breakdown

R39
G144
B158
Red39 (15.3%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue187.06°
Saturation (HSL)60.41%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G 90 · B 9E

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