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Colour

#27BFAB

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

#27BFAB is a cyan with RGB values 39, 191, 171 and HSL 172°, 66%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#27BFAB#27BFAB
HEX#27BFAB
RGBrgb(39, 191, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.749, 0.6706
RGB percentages15.3%, 74.9%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(172.1, 66.1%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 79.6%, 74.9%)
CMYK79.6%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,604,971
CSS custom property--colour: #27BFAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.13:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#D84054

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B3AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A5ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.5Turquoise · ΔE 11.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 14Dark cyan · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF273B
Analogous#27BF5F, #2787BF
Triadic#AB27BF, #BFAB27
Split complementary#BF2787, #BF5F27
Tetradic#5F27BF, #BF273B, #87BF27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0F2EC
Lighter +30%#96E9DE
Lighter +20%#6BE1D1
Lighter +10%#41D8C4
Darker −10%#1E9585
Darker −20%#166A5F
Darker −30%#0D4039
Darker −40%#041613
More saturated +25%#0ADCC0
Less saturated −25%#44A296

Channel breakdown

R39
G191
B171
Red39 (15.3%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue172.11°
Saturation (HSL)66.09%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 27 · G BF · B AB

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