Colour

#00C9AC

#00C9AC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Turquoise

#00C9AC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 201, 172 and HSL 171°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00C9AC#00C9AC

HEX#00C9AC

RGBrgb(0, 201, 172)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7882, 0.6745

RGB percentages0%, 78.8%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(171.3, 100%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 100%, 78.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 14.4%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer51,628

CSS custom property--colour: #00C9AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1

Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#FF3653

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1BCABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABACAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00CCC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C9001D

Analogous#00C948, #0082C9

Triadic#AC00C9, #C9AC00

Split complementary#C90082, #C94800

Tetradic#4700C9, #C9001D, #82C900

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#96FFF0

Lighter +30%#63FFE8

Lighter +20%#30FFE1

Lighter +10%#00FCD8

Darker −10%#009680

Darker −20%#006355

Darker −30%#003029

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C9AC

Less saturated −25%#19B09A

Channel breakdown

G201

B172

Red0 (0%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue171.34°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C9 · B AC

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