Colour

#00C8AD

#00C8AD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Turquoise

#00C8AD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 200, 173 and HSL 172°, 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 Turquoise.

Colour values

#00C8AD#00C8AD

HEX#00C8AD

RGBrgb(0, 200, 173)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7843, 0.6784

RGB percentages0%, 78.4%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(171.9, 100%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.9, 100%, 78.4%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 13.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer51,373

CSS custom property--colour: #00C8AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.87:1

Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#FF3752

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFBBACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAABAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00CBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 14.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.4 Aquamarine · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C8001B

Analogous#00C849, #007FC8

Triadic#AD00C8, #C8AD00

Split complementary#C8007F, #C84900

Tetradic#4900C8, #C8001B, #7FC800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#95FFF1

Lighter +30%#62FFEA

Lighter +20%#2FFFE3

Lighter +10%#00FBD9

Darker −10%#009581

Darker −20%#006255

Darker −30%#002F29

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C8AD

Less saturated −25%#19AF9B

Channel breakdown

G200

B173

Red0 (0%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue171.9°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C8 · B AD

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