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#27BDBA

#27bdba ≈ Tiffany Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#27bdba is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.29% red, 74.12% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.59% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 178.8°, with 65.79% saturation and 44.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tiffany Blue (#0abab5), ΔE 1.41.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4037

Complementary

  1. #27bdba
  2. #bd272a

Split complementary

  1. #27bdba
  2. #bd2775
  3. #bd6f27

Analogous

  1. #27bd6f
  2. #27bdba
  3. #2775bd

Triadic

  1. #27bdba
  2. #ba27bd
  3. #bdba27

Tetradic

  1. #27bdba
  2. #272abd
  3. #bd272a
  4. #bdba27

Square

  1. #27bdba
  2. #6f27bd
  3. #bd272a
  4. #75bd27

Monochromatic

  1. #0d3e3d
  2. #1a7e7c
  3. #27bdba
  4. #55dcd9
  5. #94e9e7

Shades

#27bdba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #27bdba
  2. #23aaa7
  3. #1f9795
  4. #1b8482
  5. #177170
  6. #145f5d
  7. #104c4a
  8. #0c3938
  9. #082625
  10. #041313
  11. #000000

Tints

#27bdba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #27bdba
  2. #3dc4c1
  3. #52cac8
  4. #68d1cf
  5. #7dd7d6
  6. #93dedd
  7. #a9e5e3
  8. #beebea
  9. #d4f2f1
  10. #e9f8f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#27bdba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #27bdba
  2. #30b7b4
  3. #39b1ae
  4. #42aba9
  5. #4ba5a3
  6. #549f9d
  7. #5c9897
  8. #659291
  9. #6e8c8c
  10. #778686
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89b2b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1b3ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ca4bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eb7ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7eafbb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-27bdba {
  color: #27bdba;
}
Background
.bg-27bdba {
  background-color: #27bdba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-27bdba {
  border: 2px solid #27bdba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #27bdba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 39 189 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 66% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-27bdba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #27bdba, #2775bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-27bdba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(39 189 186 / 0.35);
}

#0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 1.41 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.14 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.67 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.03 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.85 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.36 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 9.23 #d84245 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Tiffany Blue
#27bdba  rgb(39, 189, 186)  hsl(179, 66%, 45%)  Tiffany Blue
#bd272a  rgb(189, 39, 42)  hsl(359, 66%, 45%)  Firebrick
#ba27bd  rgb(186, 39, 189)  hsl(299, 66%, 45%)  Purpureus
#bdba27  rgb(189, 186, 39)  hsl(59, 66%, 45%)  Old Gold