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Recognised as Colour

#00C4BC

  • #00C4BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#00C4BC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 196, 188 and HSL 178°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#00C4BC#00C4BC
HEX#00C4BC
RGBrgb(0, 196, 188)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7686, 0.7373
RGB percentages0%, 76.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(177.6, 100%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.6, 100%, 76.9%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer50,364
CSS custom property--colour: #00C4BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#FF3B43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B9BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A9BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.2Light seagreen · ΔE 7.4Turquoise · ΔE 10.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.8Aqua · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C40008
Analogous#00C45A, #006AC4
Triadic#BC00C4, #C4BC00
Split complementary#C4006A, #C45A00
Tetradic#5A00C4, #C40008, #6AC400

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#91FFFB
Lighter +30%#5EFFF8
Lighter +20%#2BFFF6
Lighter +10%#00F7ED
Darker −10%#00918B
Darker −20%#005E5A
Darker −30%#002B29
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C4BC
Less saturated −25%#18ACA6

Channel breakdown

R0
G196
B188
Red0 (0%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue177.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G C4 · B BC

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