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Recognised as Colour

#00BAC3

  • #00BAC3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00BAC3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 186, 195 and HSL 183°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00BAC3#00BAC3
HEX#00BAC3
RGBrgb(0, 186, 195)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7294, 0.7647
RGB percentages0%, 72.9%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(182.8, 100%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.8, 100%, 76.5%)
CMYK100%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer47,811
CSS custom property--colour: #00BAC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.81:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#FF453C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB1C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#94A1C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.4Light seagreen · ΔE 10.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.1Dark cyan · ΔE 18.4Cadetblue · ΔE 19.1Turquoise · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C30900
Analogous#00C36A, #0059C3
Triadic#C300BA, #BAC300
Split complementary#C30059, #C36B00
Tetradic#6A00C3, #C30900, #58C300

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#90FAFF
Lighter +30%#5DF8FF
Lighter +20%#2AF5FF
Lighter +10%#00EBF6
Darker −10%#008990
Darker −20%#00595D
Darker −30%#00282A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BAC3
Less saturated −25%#18A4AB

Channel breakdown

R0
G186
B195
Red0 (0%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue182.77°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BA · B C3

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