Colour

#00C4DC

#00C4DC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00C4DC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 196, 220 and HSL 187°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00C4DC#00C4DC

HEX#00C4DC

RGBrgb(0, 196, 220)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7686, 0.8627

RGB percentages0%, 76.9%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(186.5, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.5, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK100%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer50,396

CSS custom property--colour: #00C4DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.93:1

Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#FF3B23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0BCDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#98ABDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00CECBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6 Sky blue · ΔE 18.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC1800

Analogous#00DC86, #0056DC

Triadic#DC00C4, #C4DC00

Split complementary#DC0056, #DC8600

Tetradic#8600DC, #DC1800, #56DC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A9F6FF

Lighter +30%#76F0FF

Lighter +20%#43EAFF

Lighter +10%#10E5FF

Darker −10%#0097A9

Darker −20%#006976

Darker −30%#003C43

Darker −40%#000E10

More saturated +25%#00C4DC

Less saturated −25%#1CAFC1

Channel breakdown

G196

B220

Red0 (0%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue186.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G C4 · B DC

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