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Recognised as Colour

#29BCA9

  • #29BCA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#29BCA9 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 188, 169 and HSL 172°, 64%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#29BCA9#29BCA9
HEX#29BCA9
RGBrgb(41, 188, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.7373, 0.6627
RGB percentages16.1%, 73.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(172.2, 64.2%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 78.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK78.2%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,735,273
CSS custom property--colour: #29BCA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#D64356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B1A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A2ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12Turquoise · ΔE 12.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 14Dark cyan · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC293C
Analogous#29BC60, #2986BC
Triadic#A929BC, #BCA929
Split complementary#BC2986, #BC6029
Tetradic#5F29BC, #BC293C, #85BC29

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0F1EB
Lighter +30%#96E8DD
Lighter +20%#6CDFD0
Lighter +10%#42D6C3
Darker −10%#209283
Darker −20%#17685E
Darker −30%#0E3E38
Darker −40%#041512
More saturated +25%#0CD9BE
Less saturated −25%#469F94

Channel breakdown

R41
G188
B169
Red41 (16.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue172.24°
Saturation (HSL)64.19%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 29 · G BC · B A9

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