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Recognised as Colour

#27AE9A

  • #27AE9A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#27AE9A is a cyan with RGB values 39, 174, 154 and HSL 171°, 63%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#27AE9A#27AE9A
HEX#27AE9A
RGBrgb(39, 174, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.6824, 0.6039
RGB percentages15.3%, 68.2%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(171.1, 63.4%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 77.6%, 68.2%)
CMYK77.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,600,602
CSS custom property--colour: #27AE9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#D85165

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A399no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#94969Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B1A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5Dark cyan · ΔE 17.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7Turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE273B
Analogous#27AE56, #277FAE
Triadic#9A27AE, #AE9A27
Split complementary#AE277F, #AE5627
Tetradic#5627AE, #AE273B, #7FAE27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3EEE5
Lighter +30%#89E5D7
Lighter +20%#60DBC9
Lighter +10%#36D2BB
Darker −10%#1E8475
Darker −20%#145B50
Darker −30%#0B312B
Darker −40%#020707
More saturated +25%#0CC9AD
Less saturated −25%#429387

Channel breakdown

R39
G174
B154
Red39 (15.3%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue171.11°
Saturation (HSL)63.38%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 27 · G AE · B 9A

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