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Recognised as Colour

#27AFB4

  • #27AFB4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#27AFB4 is a cyan with RGB values 39, 175, 180 and HSL 182°, 64%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#27AFB4#27AFB4
HEX#27AFB4
RGBrgb(39, 175, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.6863, 0.7059
RGB percentages15.3%, 68.6%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(182.1, 64.4%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.1, 78.3%, 70.6%)
CMYK78.3%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,600,884
CSS custom property--colour: #27AFB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#D8504B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A7B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E98B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B5B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Dark cyan · ΔE 13.7Cadetblue · ΔE 14.4Teal · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B42C27
Analogous#27B473, #2768B4
Triadic#B427AF, #AFB427
Split complementary#B42768, #B47327
Tetradic#7327B4, #B42C27, #68B427

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7EEF0
Lighter +30%#8EE3E6
Lighter +20%#64D9DD
Lighter +10%#3ACFD4
Darker −10%#1E868A
Darker −20%#155D60
Darker −30%#0C3536
Darker −40%#030C0C
More saturated +25%#0CC8CF
Less saturated −25%#429699

Channel breakdown

R39
G175
B180
Red39 (15.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue182.13°
Saturation (HSL)64.38%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G AF · B B4

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