Recognised as Colour

#00CAAC

#00CAAC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Turquoise

#00CAAC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 202, 172 and HSL 171°, 100%, 40%. 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

#00CAAC#00CAAC

HEX#00CAAC

RGBrgb(0, 202, 172)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7922, 0.6745

RGB percentages0%, 79.2%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(171.1, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 14.9%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer51,884

CSS custom property--colour: #00CAAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.04:1

Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#FF3553

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2BCABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACADAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00CDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19 Aquamarine · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CA001E

Analogous#00CA47, #0083CA

Triadic#AC00CA, #CAAC00

Split complementary#CA0083, #CA4700

Tetradic#4700CA, #CA001E, #83CA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#97FFF0

Lighter +30%#64FFE8

Lighter +20%#31FFE0

Lighter +10%#00FDD7

Darker −10%#009781

Darker −20%#006455

Darker −30%#00312A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00CAAC

Less saturated −25%#19B19A

Channel breakdown

G202

B172

Red0 (0%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue171.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G CA · B AC

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