Recognised as Colour

#29C9D4

#29C9D4
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#29C9D4 is a cyan with RGB values 41, 201, 212 and HSL 184°, 68%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#29C9D4#29C9D4

HEX#29C9D4

RGBrgb(41, 201, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.7882, 0.8314

RGB percentages16.1%, 78.8%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(183.9, 67.6%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.9, 80.7%, 83.1%)

CMYK80.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,738,644

CSS custom property--colour: #29C9D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.4:1

Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#D6362B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9C0D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2AFD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00D1CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.6 Turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Sky blue · ΔE 21.2 Aqua · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D43429

Analogous#29D48A, #2974D4

Triadic#D429C9, #C9D429

Split complementary#D42974, #D48A29

Tetradic#8A29D4, #D43429, #74D429

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3F4F6

Lighter +30%#A8EAEE

Lighter +20%#7DDFE6

Lighter +10%#52D5DE

Darker −10%#21A0A9

Darker −20%#18787F

Darker −30%#104F54

Darker −40%#082729

More saturated +25%#09E5F4

Less saturated −25%#49ADB4

Channel breakdown

R41

G201

B212

Red41 (16.1%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue183.86°

Saturation (HSL)67.59%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 29 · G C9 · B D4

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