Recognised as Colour

#27D2E0

#27D2E0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#27D2E0 is a cyan with RGB values 39, 210, 224 and HSL 185°, 75%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#27D2E0#27D2E0

HEX#27D2E0

RGBrgb(39, 210, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.8235, 0.8784

RGB percentages15.3%, 82.4%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(184.5, 74.9%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.5, 82.6%, 87.8%)

CMYK82.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,609,888

CSS custom property--colour: #27D2E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.38:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#D82D1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0C9E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8B7E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00DBD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9 Turquoise · ΔE 17.4 Aqua · ΔE 19.2 Cyan · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E03527

Analogous#27E091, #2776E0

Triadic#E027D2, #D2E027

Split complementary#E02776, #E09127

Tetradic#9127E0, #E03527, #76E027

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D9F7FA

Lighter +30%#ADEEF3

Lighter +20%#80E5ED

Lighter +10%#54DBE6

Darker −10%#1BADB9

Darker −20%#14848D

Darker −30%#0E5A60

Darker −40%#073034

More saturated +25%#08ECFF

Less saturated −25%#46B8C1

Channel breakdown

R39

G210

B224

Red39 (15.3%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue184.54°

Saturation (HSL)74.9%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 27 · G D2 · B E0

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