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Colour

#00C0EC

  • #00C0EC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00C0EC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 192, 236 and HSL 191°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00C0EC#00C0EC
HEX#00C0EC
RGBrgb(0, 192, 236)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7529, 0.9255
RGB percentages0%, 75.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(191.2, 100%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 100%, 92.5%)
CMYK100%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer49,388
CSS custom property--colour: #00C0EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#FF3F13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6BBEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00CECEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Sky blue · ΔE 16.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 25Medium turquoise · ΔE 28.2Light blue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC2C00
Analogous#00ECA2, #004AEC
Triadic#EC00C0, #C0EC00
Split complementary#EC004A, #ECA200
Tetradic#A200EC, #EC2C00, #4AEC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9F2FF
Lighter +30%#86E8FF
Lighter +20%#53DFFF
Lighter +10%#20D5FF
Darker −10%#0097B9
Darker −20%#006D86
Darker −30%#004453
Darker −40%#001A20
More saturated +25%#00C0EC
Less saturated −25%#1DAECF

Channel breakdown

R0
G192
B236
Red0 (0%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue191.19°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G C0 · B EC

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