Recognised as Colour

#27FAE6

#27FAE6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#27FAE6 is a cyan with RGB values 39, 250, 230 and HSL 174°, 95%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#27FAE6#27FAE6

HEX#27FAE6

RGBrgb(39, 250, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.9804, 0.902

RGB percentages15.3%, 98%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(174.3, 95.5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.3, 84.4%, 98%)

CMYK84.4%, 0%, 8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,620,134

CSS custom property--colour: #27FAE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.9:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#D80519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDEBE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D8E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Aqua · ΔE 10.9 Cyan · ΔE 10.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA273B

Analogous#27FA7C, #27A5FA

Triadic#E627FA, #FAE627

Split complementary#FA27A4, #FA7D27

Tetradic#7D27FA, #FA273B, #A4FA27

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEFFFD

Lighter +30%#BDFDF7

Lighter +20%#8BFCF2

Lighter +10%#59FBEC

Darker −10%#05E9D3

Darker −20%#04B7A6

Darker −30%#038579

Darker −40%#02534B

More saturated +25%#22FFEA

Less saturated −25%#43DED0

Channel breakdown

R39

G250

B230

Red39 (15.3%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue174.31°

Saturation (HSL)95.48%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 27 · G FA · B E6

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