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Colour

#00BCC6

  • #00BCC6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00BCC6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 188, 198 and HSL 183°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00BCC6#00BCC6
HEX#00BCC6
RGBrgb(0, 188, 198)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7373, 0.7765
RGB percentages0%, 73.7%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(183, 100%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183, 100%, 77.6%)
CMYK100%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,326
CSS custom property--colour: #00BCC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#FF4339

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB3C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A3C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.1Light seagreen · ΔE 10.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 11Turquoise · ΔE 19.2Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C60A00
Analogous#00C66D, #0059C6
Triadic#C600BC, #BCC600
Split complementary#C60059, #C66D00
Tetradic#6D00C6, #C60A00, #59C600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93FAFF
Lighter +30%#60F7FF
Lighter +20%#2DF4FF
Lighter +10%#00ECF9
Darker −10%#008C93
Darker −20%#005B60
Darker −30%#002B2D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BCC6
Less saturated −25%#19A6AD

Channel breakdown

R0
G188
B198
Red0 (0%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue183.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BC · B C6

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