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Colour

#00C6AF

  • #00C6AF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#00C6AF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 198, 175 and HSL 173°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00C6AF#00C6AF
HEX#00C6AF
RGBrgb(0, 198, 175)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7765, 0.6863
RGB percentages0%, 77.6%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(173, 100%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 100%, 77.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 11.6%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer50,863
CSS custom property--colour: #00C6AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#FF3950

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDB9AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7AAB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CABFno 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 text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.3Light seagreen · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2Aquamarine · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C60017
Analogous#00C64C, #007AC6
Triadic#AF00C6, #C6AF00
Split complementary#C6007A, #C64C00
Tetradic#4C00C6, #C60017, #7AC600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93FFF2
Lighter +30%#60FFED
Lighter +20%#2DFFE7
Lighter +10%#00F9DC
Darker −10%#009382
Darker −20%#006055
Darker −30%#002D28
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C6AF
Less saturated −25%#19AD9C

Channel breakdown

R0
G198
B175
Red0 (0%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue173.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G C6 · B AF

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