Colour

#00C6A0

#00C6A0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#00C6A0 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 198, 160 and HSL 168°, 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 Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#00C6A0#00C6A0

HEX#00C6A0

RGBrgb(0, 198, 160)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7765, 0.6275

RGB percentages0%, 77.6%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(168.5, 100%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.5, 100%, 77.6%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 19.2%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer50,848

CSS custom property--colour: #00C6A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42926WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.59:1

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

Contrast with black9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#FF395F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFB89Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABA9A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00C8BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 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 text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.8 Turquoise · ΔE 16.3 Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 12.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C60026

Analogous#00C63D, #0089C6

Triadic#A000C6, #C6A000

Split complementary#C60089, #C63D00

Tetradic#3D00C6, #C60026, #89C600

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#93FFEA

Lighter +30%#60FFE0

Lighter +20%#2DFFD7

Lighter +10%#00F9C9

Darker −10%#009377

Darker −20%#00604E

Darker −30%#002D24

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C6A0

Less saturated −25%#19AD91

Channel breakdown

G198

B160

Red0 (0%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue168.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C6 · B A0

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