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Recognised as Colour

#27D5CD

  • #27D5CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#27D5CD is a cyan with RGB values 39, 213, 205 and HSL 177°, 69%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#27D5CD#27D5CD
HEX#27D5CD
RGBrgb(39, 213, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.8353, 0.8039
RGB percentages15.3%, 83.5%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(177.2, 69%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.2, 81.7%, 83.5%)
CMYK81.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,610,637
CSS custom property--colour: #27D5CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.49:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#D82A32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C9CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B8CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.3Turquoise · ΔE 5.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.5Light seagreen · ΔE 12.9Aqua · ΔE 15.9Cyan · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5272F
Analogous#27D576, #2786D5
Triadic#CD27D5, #D5CD27
Split complementary#D52786, #D57627
Tetradic#7627D5, #D5272F, #86D527

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1F7F5
Lighter +30%#A6EFEB
Lighter +20%#7BE7E2
Lighter +10%#50DFD8
Darker −10%#1FAAA4
Darker −20%#177F7A
Darker −30%#0F5451
Darker −40%#072927
More saturated +25%#08F5EA
Less saturated −25%#47B6B0

Channel breakdown

R39
G213
B205
Red39 (15.3%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue177.24°
Saturation (HSL)69.05%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 27 · G D5 · B CD

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