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Recognised as Colour

#29BCBA

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

#29BCBA is a cyan with RGB values 41, 188, 186 and HSL 179°, 64%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#29BCBA#29BCBA
HEX#29BCBA
RGBrgb(41, 188, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.7373, 0.7294
RGB percentages16.1%, 73.7%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(179.2, 64.2%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 78.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK78.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,735,290
CSS custom property--colour: #29BCBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#D64345

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B2BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BA3BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2BBno 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 text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.8Turquoise · ΔE 15.1Dark cyan · ΔE 18.3Cadetblue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC292B
Analogous#29BC70, #2975BC
Triadic#BA29BC, #BCBA29
Split complementary#BC2975, #BC7029
Tetradic#7029BC, #BC292B, #75BC29

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0F1F1
Lighter +30%#96E8E7
Lighter +20%#6CDFDD
Lighter +10%#42D6D4
Darker −10%#209291
Darker −20%#176867
Darker −30%#0E3E3E
Darker −40%#041514
More saturated +25%#0CD9D6
Less saturated −25%#469F9E

Channel breakdown

R41
G188
B186
Red41 (16.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue179.18°
Saturation (HSL)64.19%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 29 · G BC · B BA

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