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Recognised as Colour

#00BC99

  • #00BC99
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#00BC99 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 188, 153 and HSL 169°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#00BC99#00BC99
HEX#00BC99
RGBrgb(0, 188, 153)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7373, 0.6
RGB percentages0%, 73.7%, 60%
HSLhsl(168.8, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,281
CSS custom property--colour: #00BC99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.65:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#FF4366

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5AF97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A09Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.5Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9Turquoise · ΔE 17.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 18Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC0023
Analogous#00BC3B, #0081BC
Triadic#9900BC, #BC9900
Split complementary#BC0081, #BC3B00
Tetradic#3B00BC, #BC0023, #81BC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89FFE9
Lighter +30%#56FFE0
Lighter +20%#23FFD6
Lighter +10%#00EFC3
Darker −10%#00896F
Darker −20%#005646
Darker −30%#00231C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BC99
Less saturated −25%#18A58A

Channel breakdown

R0
G188
B153
Red0 (0%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue168.83°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G BC · B 99

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