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Recognised as Colour

#00C4AD

  • #00C4AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#00C4AD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 196, 173 and HSL 173°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00C4AD#00C4AD
HEX#00C4AD
RGBrgb(0, 196, 173)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7686, 0.6784
RGB percentages0%, 76.9%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(173, 100%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 100%, 76.9%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 11.7%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer50,349
CSS custom property--colour: #00C4AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#FF3B52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBB7ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A8AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11Light seagreen · ΔE 11.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3Aquamarine · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C40017
Analogous#00C44B, #0079C4
Triadic#AD00C4, #C4AD00
Split complementary#C40079, #C44B00
Tetradic#4B00C4, #C40017, #79C400

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#91FFF2
Lighter +30%#5EFFEC
Lighter +20%#2BFFE6
Lighter +10%#00F7DA
Darker −10%#009180
Darker −20%#005E53
Darker −30%#002B26
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C4AD
Less saturated −25%#18AC9A

Channel breakdown

R0
G196
B173
Red0 (0%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue172.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G C4 · B AD

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