Colour

#00BC8C

#00BC8C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00BC8C is a cyan with RGB values 0, 188, 140 and HSL 165°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00BC8C#00BC8C

HEX#00BC8C

RGBrgb(0, 188, 140)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7373, 0.549

RGB percentages0%, 73.7%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(164.7, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(164.7, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 25.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,268

CSS custom property--colour: #00BC8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1

Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#FF4373

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7AE89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4A08Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Tritanopia#00BDAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16 Sea green · ΔE 21.3 Turquoise · ΔE 23 Light seagreen · ΔE 24.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BC0030

Analogous#00BC2E, #008EBC

Triadic#8C00BC, #BC8C00

Split complementary#BC008E, #BC2E00

Tetradic#2E00BC, #BC0030, #8EBC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#89FFE1

Lighter +30%#56FFD4

Lighter +20%#23FFC7

Lighter +10%#00EFB2

Darker −10%#008966

Darker −20%#005640

Darker −30%#00231A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BC8C

Less saturated −25%#18A580

Channel breakdown

G188

B140

Red0 (0%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue164.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G BC · B 8C

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