Colour

#00C5AB

#00C5AB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Turquoise

#00C5AB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 197, 171 and HSL 172°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00C5AB#00C5AB

HEX#00C5AB

RGBrgb(0, 197, 171)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7725, 0.6706

RGB percentages0%, 77.3%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(172.1, 100%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 100%, 77.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 13.2%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer50,603

CSS custom property--colour: #00C5AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.57:1

Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#FF3A54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCB8AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7A9ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00C8BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17 Aquamarine · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C5001A

Analogous#00C548, #007CC5

Triadic#AB00C5, #C5AB00

Split complementary#C5007C, #C54900

Tetradic#4900C5, #C5001A, #7DC500

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#92FFF1

Lighter +30%#5FFFEA

Lighter +20%#2CFFE3

Lighter +10%#00F8D7

Darker −10%#00927F

Darker −20%#005F52

Darker −30%#002C26

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C5AB

Less saturated −25%#19AC99

Channel breakdown

G197

B171

Red0 (0%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue172.08°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C5 · B AB

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