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Recognised as Colour

#27E0CA

  • #27E0CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#27E0CA is a cyan with RGB values 39, 224, 202 and HSL 173°, 75%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#27E0CA#27E0CA
HEX#27E0CA
RGBrgb(39, 224, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.8784, 0.7922
RGB percentages15.3%, 87.8%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(172.9, 74.9%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 82.6%, 87.8%)
CMYK82.6%, 0%, 9.8%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,613,450
CSS custom property--colour: #27E0CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#D81F35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D2C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC1CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Aqua · ΔE 16.2Cyan · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.75, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0273D
Analogous#27E06E, #2799E0
Triadic#CA27E0, #E0CA27
Split complementary#E02799, #E06E27
Tetradic#6E27E0, #E0273D, #99E027

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9FAF6
Lighter +30%#ADF3EB
Lighter +20%#80EDE0
Lighter +10%#54E6D5
Darker −10%#1BB9A7
Darker −20%#148D7E
Darker −30%#0E6056
Darker −40%#07342E
More saturated +25%#08FFE2
Less saturated −25%#46C1B2

Channel breakdown

R39
G224
B202
Red39 (15.3%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue172.86°
Saturation (HSL)74.9%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 27 · G E0 · B CA

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