Recognised as Colour

#00BCDC

#00BCDC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#00BCDC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 188, 220 and HSL 189°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#00BCDC#00BCDC

HEX#00BCDC

RGBrgb(0, 188, 220)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7373, 0.8627

RGB percentages0%, 73.7%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(188.7, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK100%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,348

CSS custom property--colour: #00BCDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.23:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#FF4323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6B6DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8EA4DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00C7C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 17 Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 19.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22 Cadetblue · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DC2000

Analogous#00DC8E, #004EDC

Triadic#DC00BC, #BCDC00

Split complementary#DC004E, #DC8E00

Tetradic#8E00DC, #DC2000, #4EDC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A9F2FF

Lighter +30%#76EBFF

Lighter +20%#43E4FF

Lighter +10%#10DCFF

Darker −10%#0090A9

Darker −20%#006576

Darker −30%#003943

Darker −40%#000E10

More saturated +25%#00BCDC

Less saturated −25%#1CA8C1

Channel breakdown

G188

B220

Red0 (0%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue188.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G BC · B DC

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Colour values

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