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Colour

#00BCA7

  • #00BCA7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00BCA7 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 188, 167 and HSL 173°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00BCA7#00BCA7
HEX#00BCA7
RGBrgb(0, 188, 167)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7373, 0.6549
RGB percentages0%, 73.7%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(173.3, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,295
CSS custom property--colour: #00BCA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#FF4358

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B0A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA1A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Turquoise · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2Dark cyan · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC0015
Analogous#00BC49, #0073BC
Triadic#A700BC, #BCA700
Split complementary#BC0073, #BC4900
Tetradic#4900BC, #BC0015, #73BC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89FFF2
Lighter +30%#56FFEC
Lighter +20%#23FFE6
Lighter +10%#00EFD4
Darker −10%#00897A
Darker −20%#00564C
Darker −30%#00231F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BCA7
Less saturated −25%#18A595

Channel breakdown

R0
G188
B167
Red0 (0%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue173.3°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G BC · B A7

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