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Recognised as Colour

#00C6C5

  • #00C6C5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00C6C5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 198, 197 and HSL 180°, 100%, 39%. 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

#00C6C5#00C6C5
HEX#00C6C5
RGBrgb(0, 198, 197)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7765, 0.7725
RGB percentages0%, 77.6%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(179.7, 100%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.7, 100%, 77.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 0.5%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer50,885
CSS custom property--colour: #00C6C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.88:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#FF393A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BBC5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1ABC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00CDC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.9Light seagreen · ΔE 8.7Turquoise · ΔE 12Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.8Aqua · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 3.63, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C60001
Analogous#00C662, #0064C6
Triadic#C500C6, #C6C500
Split complementary#C60064, #C66200
Tetradic#6200C6, #C60001, #64C600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93FFFE
Lighter +30%#60FFFE
Lighter +20%#2DFFFE
Lighter +10%#00F9F8
Darker −10%#009392
Darker −20%#006060
Darker −30%#002D2D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C6C5
Less saturated −25%#19ADAD

Channel breakdown

R0
G198
B197
Red0 (0%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue179.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G C6 · B C5

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