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Recognised as Colour

#27B3BE

  • #27B3BE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#27B3BE is a cyan with RGB values 39, 179, 190 and HSL 184°, 66%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#27B3BE#27B3BE
HEX#27B3BE
RGBrgb(39, 179, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.702, 0.7451
RGB percentages15.3%, 70.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(184.4, 65.9%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.4, 79.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK79.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,601,918
CSS custom property--colour: #27B3BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#D84C41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4ABBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#909CBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5Dark cyan · ΔE 16.2Teal · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE3227
Analogous#27BE7D, #2768BE
Triadic#BE27B3, #B3BE27
Split complementary#BE2768, #BE7D27
Tetradic#7D27BE, #BE3227, #68BE27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFEEF2
Lighter +30%#95E3E9
Lighter +20%#6AD8E1
Lighter +10%#40CDD8
Darker −10%#1E8B94
Darker −20%#166369
Darker −30%#0D3B3F
Darker −40%#041415
More saturated +25%#0ACBDB
Less saturated −25%#449BA1

Channel breakdown

R39
G179
B190
Red39 (15.3%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue184.37°
Saturation (HSL)65.94%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G B3 · B BE

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