Colour

#00C5AE

#00C5AE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Turquoise

#00C5AE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 197, 174 and HSL 173°, 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

#00C5AE#00C5AE

HEX#00C5AE

RGBrgb(0, 197, 174)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7725, 0.6824

RGB percentages0%, 77.3%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(173, 100%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173, 100%, 77.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer50,606

CSS custom property--colour: #00C5AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.6:1

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

Contrast with black9.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#FF3A51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCB8ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7A9B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00C9BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 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 text9.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C50017

Analogous#00C54B, #007AC5

Triadic#AE00C5, #C5AE00

Split complementary#C5007A, #C54B00

Tetradic#4B00C5, #C50017, #7AC500

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#92FFF2

Lighter +30%#5FFFEC

Lighter +20%#2CFFE6

Lighter +10%#00F8DB

Darker −10%#009281

Darker −20%#005F54

Darker −30%#002C27

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C5AE

Less saturated −25%#19AC9B

Channel breakdown

G197

B174

Red0 (0%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue172.99°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C5 · B AE

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