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Colour

#00BEC5

  • #00BEC5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00BEC5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 190, 197 and HSL 182°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00BEC5#00BEC5
HEX#00BEC5
RGBrgb(0, 190, 197)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7451, 0.7725
RGB percentages0%, 74.5%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(182.1, 100%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.1, 100%, 77.3%)
CMYK100%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,837
CSS custom property--colour: #00BEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.17:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#FF413A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB5C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A4C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.4Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Turquoise · ΔE 17.3Dark cyan · ΔE 19.7Cadetblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C50700
Analogous#00C56A, #005CC5
Triadic#C500BE, #BEC500
Split complementary#C5005C, #C56A00
Tetradic#6A00C5, #C50700, #5BC500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#92FBFF
Lighter +30%#5FF9FF
Lighter +20%#2CF8FF
Lighter +10%#00EFF8
Darker −10%#008D92
Darker −20%#005C5F
Darker −30%#002A2C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BEC5
Less saturated −25%#19A7AC

Channel breakdown

R0
G190
B197
Red0 (0%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue182.13°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BE · B C5

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