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Colour

#00BCAC

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

#00BCAC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 188, 172 and HSL 175°, 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

#00BCAC#00BCAC
HEX#00BCAC
RGBrgb(0, 188, 172)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7373, 0.6745
RGB percentages0%, 73.7%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(174.9, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,300
CSS custom property--colour: #00BCAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#FF4353

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B0ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA1AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6Turquoise · ΔE 12.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Dark cyan · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC0010
Analogous#00BC4E, #006EBC
Triadic#AC00BC, #BCAC00
Split complementary#BC006E, #BC4E00
Tetradic#4E00BC, #BC0010, #6EBC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89FFF5
Lighter +30%#56FFF1
Lighter +20%#23FFEC
Lighter +10%#00EFDB
Darker −10%#00897D
Darker −20%#00564F
Darker −30%#002320
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BCAC
Less saturated −25%#18A598

Channel breakdown

R0
G188
B172
Red0 (0%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue174.89°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G BC · B AC

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