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Recognised as Colour

#27BDCA

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

#27BDCA is a cyan with RGB values 39, 189, 202 and HSL 185°, 68%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#27BDCA#27BDCA
HEX#27BDCA
RGBrgb(39, 189, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.7412, 0.7922
RGB percentages15.3%, 74.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(184.8, 67.6%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.8, 80.7%, 79.2%)
CMYK80.7%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,604,490
CSS custom property--colour: #27BDCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#D84235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADB5CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A5CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.2Light seagreen · ΔE 12.9Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5Dark cyan · ΔE 19.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)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#CA3427
Analogous#27CA85, #276CCA
Triadic#CA27BD, #BDCA27
Split complementary#CA276C, #CA8527
Tetradic#8527CA, #CA3427, #6BCA27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9F1F4
Lighter +30%#9EE6EC
Lighter +20%#73DBE4
Lighter +10%#48D0DC
Darker −10%#1F959F
Darker −20%#166D75
Darker −30%#0E454A
Darker −40%#061D1F
More saturated +25%#09D6E8
Less saturated −25%#45A4AC

Channel breakdown

R39
G189
B202
Red39 (15.3%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue184.79°
Saturation (HSL)67.63%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 27 · G BD · B CA

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