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Colour

#00BEC9

  • #00BEC9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00BEC9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 190, 201 and HSL 183°, 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

#00BEC9#00BEC9
HEX#00BEC9
RGBrgb(0, 190, 201)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7451, 0.7882
RGB percentages0%, 74.5%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(183.3, 100%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.3, 100%, 78.8%)
CMYK100%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,841
CSS custom property--colour: #00BEC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#FF4136

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB5CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A5CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 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 text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 11Light seagreen · ΔE 11.6Turquoise · ΔE 19.1Dark cyan · ΔE 20.1Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 7.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C90B00
Analogous#00C970, #0059C9
Triadic#C900BE, #BEC900
Split complementary#C90059, #C97000
Tetradic#7000C9, #C90B00, #59C900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#96F9FF
Lighter +30%#63F6FF
Lighter +20%#30F4FF
Lighter +10%#00EEFC
Darker −10%#008E96
Darker −20%#005E63
Darker −30%#002D30
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BEC9
Less saturated −25%#19A8B0

Channel breakdown

R0
G190
B201
Red0 (0%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue183.28°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BE · B C9

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