Colour

#00C2B9

#00C2B9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00C2B9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 194, 185 and HSL 177°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00C2B9#00C2B9

HEX#00C2B9

RGBrgb(0, 194, 185)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7608, 0.7255

RGB percentages0%, 76.1%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(177.2, 100%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.2, 100%, 76.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer49,849

CSS custom property--colour: #00C2B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1

Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#FF3D46

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6B7B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0A7BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00C7BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 8 Turquoise · ΔE 11 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.74, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C20009

Analogous#00C258, #006AC2

Triadic#B900C2, #C2B900

Split complementary#C2006A, #C25800

Tetradic#5800C2, #C20009, #6AC200

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8FFFFA

Lighter +30%#5CFFF7

Lighter +20%#29FFF5

Lighter +10%#00F5EA

Darker −10%#008F88

Darker −20%#005C58

Darker −30%#002927

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C2B9

Less saturated −25%#18AAA3

Channel breakdown

G194

B185

Red0 (0%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue177.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C2 · B B9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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