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#27C8CB

#27c8cb ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#27c8cb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.29% red, 78.43% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.79% cyan, 1.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 181.1°, with 67.77% saturation and 47.45% 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 10.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 1.61.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4605

Complementary

  1. #27c8cb
  2. #cb2a27

Split complementary

  1. #27c8cb
  2. #cb2776
  3. #cb7c27

Analogous

  1. #27cb7c
  2. #27c8cb
  3. #2776cb

Triadic

  1. #27c8cb
  2. #cb27c8
  3. #c8cb27

Tetradic

  1. #27c8cb
  2. #2a27cb
  3. #cb2a27
  4. #c8cb27

Square

  1. #27c8cb
  2. #7c27cb
  3. #cb2a27
  4. #76cb27

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4a4b
  2. #1b898b
  3. #27c8cb
  4. #5edee0
  5. #9febec

Shades

#27c8cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #27c8cb
  2. #23b4b7
  3. #1fa0a2
  4. #1b8c8e
  5. #17787a
  6. #146466
  7. #105051
  8. #0c3c3d
  9. #082829
  10. #041414
  11. #000000

Tints

#27c8cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #27c8cb
  2. #3dced0
  3. #52d3d5
  4. #68d9db
  5. #7ddee0
  6. #93e4e5
  7. #a9e9ea
  8. #beefef
  9. #d4f4f5
  10. #e9fafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#27c8cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #27c8cb
  2. #30c1c4
  3. #39babc
  4. #42b2b5
  5. #4babad
  6. #54a4a6
  7. #5c9d9e
  8. #659697
  9. #6e8e8f
  10. #778788
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91bdbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #babecb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3aecc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cfc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95c2cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84b9cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-27c8cb {
  color: #27c8cb;
}
Background
.bg-27c8cb {
  background-color: #27c8cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-27c8cb {
  border: 2px solid #27c8cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #27c8cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 39 200 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 68% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-27c8cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #27c8cb, #2776cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-27c8cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(39 200 203 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 1.61 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 1.69 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.66 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.91 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.38 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.29 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.47 #d83734 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#27c8cb  rgb(39, 200, 203)  hsl(181, 68%, 47%)  Dark Turquoise
#cb2a27  rgb(203, 42, 39)  hsl(1, 68%, 47%)  Fire Engine Red
#cb27c8  rgb(203, 39, 200)  hsl(301, 68%, 47%)  Medium Orchid
#c8cb27  rgb(200, 203, 39)  hsl(61, 68%, 47%)  Pear