#20C19D

sRGB: 32 / 193 / 157

#20C19D belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 32 red, 193 green and 157 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 166.6° lands in the cyan region. Its 71.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 44.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.18:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 32, 193, 157
HSL: 166.58°, 71.56%, 44.12%
HSV / HSB: 166.58°, 83.42%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 83.42%, 0.00%, 18.65%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 25.750, 40.879, 38.433
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 70.091, -47.551, 7.099
WCAG relative luminance: 0.40881
24-bit decimal: 2146717

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #20C19D in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 9.18:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.29:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#C12044 sits half a turn (180°) from #20C19D on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#20C19D #C12044

Analogous

#20C14D and #2094C1 sit 30° to either side of #20C19D. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#20C14D #20C19D #2094C1

Triadic

#20C19D, #9D20C1 and #C19D20 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#20C19D #9D20C1 #C19D20

Split complementary

Start at #20C19D and look across the wheel. #C12094 and #C14D20 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#20C19D #C12094 #C14D20

Square

Starting with #20C19D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #4D20C1, #C12044, then #94C120. Across the square, #20C19D pairs with #C12044, and #4D20C1 with #94C120.

#20C19D #4D20C1 #C12044 #94C120

Tetradic

#20C19D and #C12044 are opposites, as are #2044C1 and #C19D20. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#20C19D #2044C1 #C12044 #C19D20

Tints

Mixing #20C19D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4DCDB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #D2F3EB, the mixture is 80% white.

#20C19D #4DCDB1 #79DAC4 #A6E6D8 #D2F3EB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #20C19D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A9A7E, keeps 80% of the original. By #06271F, the mixture is 80% black.

#20C19D #1A9A7E #13745E #0D4D3F #06271F #000000

Tones

Mixing #20C19D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #33B497, keeps 80% of the original. By #6D8D86, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#20C19D #33B497 #46A791 #5A9A8C #6D8D86 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#20C19D

RGB

rgb(32 193 157)

HSL

hsl(166.584 71.556% 44.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #20C19D;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#20C19D uses 32 red, 193 green and 157 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 12.5%

Green 75.7%

Blue 61.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #20C19D is 83.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 18.7% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 83.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 18.7%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #22BB99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #2B9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #20C19D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #33CC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #22BB99 Nearest web-safe: #33CC99

Gradient to complement

#20C19D #3BA68E #568B7F #717171 #8B5662 #A63B53 #C12044

Color vision previews

Compare how #20C19D appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#BBB49B

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A7A5A0

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00C3B7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9AB79D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#90B09F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#20C0A7

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#ABABAB

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#7FB7A4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.01444 G 0.53328 B 0.33716

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.36003 G 0.74583 B 0.62283

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.10656 G 0.51605 B 0.34585

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.245 y 0.389 Y 40.879

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 87.451 M % 24.314 Y % 38.431

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00100000 11000001 10011101