Recognised as Colour
#27F0DC
- #27F0DC
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Turquoise
#27F0DC is a cyan with RGB values 39, 240, 220 and HSL 174°, 87%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.
Colour values
#27F0DC#27F0DC
HEX#27F0DC
RGBrgb(39, 240, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.9412, 0.8627
RGB percentages15.3%, 94.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(174, 87%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 83.8%, 94.1%)
CMYK83.8%, 0%, 8.3%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,617,564
CSS custom property--colour: #27F0DC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.67919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.58:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#D80F23
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#F0273B
Analogous#27F078, #279FF0
Triadic#DC27F0, #F0DC27
Split complementary#F0279F, #F07827
Tetradic#7827F0, #F0273B, #9FF027
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R39
G240
B220
Red39 (15.3%)
Green240 (94.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue174.03°
Saturation (HSL)87.01%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 27 · G F0 · B DC
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