Colour

#00C0BA

#00C0BA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00C0BA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 192, 186 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

#00C0BA#00C0BA

HEX#00C0BA

RGBrgb(0, 192, 186)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7529, 0.7294

RGB percentages0%, 75.3%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(178.1, 100%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.1, 100%, 75.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.1%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer49,338

CSS custom property--colour: #00C0BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1

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

Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#FF3F45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4B5BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9EA5BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Tritanopia#00C6BEno 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 text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.3 Turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.9, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C00006

Analogous#00C05A, #0066C0

Triadic#BA00C0, #C0BA00

Split complementary#C00066, #C05A00

Tetradic#5A00C0, #C00006, #66C000

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8DFFFB

Lighter +30%#5AFFFA

Lighter +20%#27FFF8

Lighter +10%#00F3EB

Darker −10%#008D89

Darker −20%#005A57

Darker −30%#002726

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C0BA

Less saturated −25%#18A8A3

Channel breakdown

G192

B186

Red0 (0%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue178.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C0 · B BA

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