Colour

#00C0B9

#00C0B9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00C0B9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 192, 185 and HSL 178°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00C0B9#00C0B9

HEX#00C0B9

RGBrgb(0, 192, 185)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7529, 0.7255

RGB percentages0%, 75.3%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(177.8, 100%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 100%, 75.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.6%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer49,337

CSS custom property--colour: #00C0B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#FF3F46

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4B5B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9EA5BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Tritanopia#00C6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.6 Turquoise · ΔE 12 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C00007

Analogous#00C059, #0067C0

Triadic#B900C0, #C0B900

Split complementary#C00067, #C05900

Tetradic#5900C0, #C00007, #67C000

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8DFFFB

Lighter +30%#5AFFF9

Lighter +20%#27FFF7

Lighter +10%#00F3EA

Darker −10%#008D88

Darker −20%#005A57

Darker −30%#002726

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C0B9

Less saturated −25%#18A8A3

Channel breakdown

G192

B185

Red0 (0%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue177.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C0 · B B9

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