Colour

#00C986

#00C986
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00C986 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 201, 134 and HSL 160°, 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 Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00C986#00C986

HEX#00C986

RGBrgb(0, 201, 134)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7882, 0.5255

RGB percentages0%, 78.8%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(160, 100%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160, 100%, 78.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 33.3%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer51,590

CSS custom property--colour: #00C986;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.5 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#999999

Inverted#FF3679

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6B982no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3AA8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00C8B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 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

Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.8 Medium spring green · ΔE 22.8 Light green · ΔE 23.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24 Aquamarine · ΔE 26.5 Pale green · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C90043

Analogous#00C921, #00A8C9

Triadic#8600C9, #C98600

Split complementary#C900A7, #C92100

Tetradic#2200C9, #C90043, #A8C900

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#96FFDC

Lighter +30%#63FFCB

Lighter +20%#30FFBA

Lighter +10%#00FCA8

Darker −10%#009664

Darker −20%#006342

Darker −30%#003020

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C986

Less saturated −25%#19B07E

Channel breakdown

G201

B134

Red0 (0%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue160°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C9 · B 86

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