Recognised as Colour

#27F9BD

#27F9BD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#27F9BD is a cyan with RGB values 39, 249, 189 and HSL 163°, 95%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#27F9BD#27F9BD

HEX#27F9BD

RGBrgb(39, 249, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.9765, 0.7412

RGB percentages15.3%, 97.6%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(162.9, 94.6%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.9, 84.3%, 97.6%)

CMYK84.3%, 0%, 24.1%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,619,837

CSS custom property--colour: #27F9BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.37:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#D80642

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3E7BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBD5C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00FAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 17.3 Medium spring green · ΔE 19.4 Light green · ΔE 26.3 Pale green · ΔE 26.7 Turquoise · ΔE 26.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 17.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F92763

Analogous#27F954, #27CCF9

Triadic#BD27F9, #F9BD27

Split complementary#F927CC, #F95427

Tetradic#5427F9, #F92763, #CCF927

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDFFFA

Lighter +30%#BCFDEA

Lighter +20%#8AFCDB

Lighter +10%#59FACC

Darker −10%#06E7A7

Darker −20%#05B583

Darker −30%#04835F

Darker −40%#02523B

More saturated +25%#21FFC0

Less saturated −25%#43DDB1

Channel breakdown

R39

G249

B189

Red39 (15.3%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue162.86°

Saturation (HSL)94.59%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 27 · G F9 · B BD

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