Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#00BCB8

  • #00BCB8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00BCB8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 188, 184 and HSL 179°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00BCB8#00BCB8
HEX#00BCB8
RGBrgb(0, 188, 184)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7373, 0.7216
RGB percentages0%, 73.7%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(178.7, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.7, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,312
CSS custom property--colour: #00BCB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.89:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#FF4347

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB2B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AA2B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.1Turquoise · ΔE 14.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.8Dark cyan · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.77, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC0004
Analogous#00BC5A, #0062BC
Triadic#B800BC, #BCB800
Split complementary#BC0062, #BC5A00
Tetradic#5A00BC, #BC0004, #62BC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89FFFC
Lighter +30%#56FFFB
Lighter +20%#23FFFA
Lighter +10%#00EFEA
Darker −10%#008986
Darker −20%#005654
Darker −30%#002322
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BCB8
Less saturated −25%#18A5A1

Channel breakdown

R0
G188
B184
Red0 (0%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue178.72°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G BC · B B8

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “00bcb8” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.