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Recognised as Colour

#00B7C9

  • #00B7C9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00B7C9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 183, 201 and HSL 185°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00B7C9#00B7C9
HEX#00B7C9
RGBrgb(0, 183, 201)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7176, 0.7882
RGB percentages0%, 71.8%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(185.4, 100%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.4, 100%, 78.8%)
CMYK100%, 9%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer47,049
CSS custom property--colour: #00B7C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.62:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#FF4836

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5AFCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F9FC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.7Light seagreen · ΔE 15Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 18.8Dark cyan · ΔE 19.4Sky blue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 12.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C91200
Analogous#00C977, #0052C9
Triadic#C900B7, #B7C900
Split complementary#C90053, #C97700
Tetradic#7600C9, #C91200, #52C900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#96F6FF
Lighter +30%#63F1FF
Lighter +20%#30ECFF
Lighter +10%#00E5FC
Darker −10%#008996
Darker −20%#005A63
Darker −30%#002C30
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B7C9
Less saturated −25%#19A2B0

Channel breakdown

R0
G183
B201
Red0 (0%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue185.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G B7 · B C9

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