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Recognised as Colour

#00BBC6

  • #00BBC6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00BBC6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 187, 198 and HSL 183°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00BBC6#00BBC6
HEX#00BBC6
RGBrgb(0, 187, 198)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7333, 0.7765
RGB percentages0%, 73.3%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(183.3, 100%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.3, 100%, 77.6%)
CMYK100%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,070
CSS custom property--colour: #00BBC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.92:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#FF4439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB2C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A2C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.7Light seagreen · ΔE 11.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.7Dark cyan · ΔE 19.1Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4Turquoise · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C60B00
Analogous#00C66E, #0058C6
Triadic#C600BB, #BBC600
Split complementary#C60058, #C66E00
Tetradic#6E00C6, #C60B00, #58C600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93F9FF
Lighter +30%#60F6FF
Lighter +20%#2DF3FF
Lighter +10%#00EBF9
Darker −10%#008B93
Darker −20%#005B60
Darker −30%#002A2D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BBC6
Less saturated −25%#19A5AD

Channel breakdown

R0
G187
B198
Red0 (0%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue183.33°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BB · B C6

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