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Recognised as Colour

#27BAD3

  • #27BAD3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#27BAD3 is a cyan with RGB values 39, 186, 211 and HSL 189°, 69%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#27BAD3#27BAD3
HEX#27BAD3
RGBrgb(39, 186, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.7294, 0.8275
RGB percentages15.3%, 72.9%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(188.7, 68.8%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 81.5%, 82.7%)
CMYK81.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,603,731
CSS custom property--colour: #27BAD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#D8452C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B3D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#91A3D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.8Light seagreen · ΔE 19.6Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8Light skyblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 16.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D34027
Analogous#27D396, #2764D3
Triadic#D327BA, #BAD327
Split complementary#D32764, #D39627
Tetradic#9627D3, #D34027, #64D327

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0F1F6
Lighter +30%#A5E4EE
Lighter +20%#7AD7E6
Lighter +10%#4FC9DE
Darker −10%#1F94A8
Darker −20%#176E7D
Darker −30%#0F4852
Darker −40%#072227
More saturated +25%#08D0F2
Less saturated −25%#46A4B4

Channel breakdown

R39
G186
B211
Red39 (15.3%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue188.72°
Saturation (HSL)68.8%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G BA · B D3

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