Colour

#00CAC3

#00CAC3
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00CAC3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 202, 195 and HSL 178°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00CAC3#00CAC3

HEX#00CAC3

RGBrgb(0, 202, 195)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7922, 0.7647

RGB percentages0%, 79.2%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(177.9, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.5%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer51,907

CSS custom property--colour: #00CAC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.24:1

Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#FF353C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDBFC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7AEC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00D0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 6 Turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 9.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.3 Aqua · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CA0007

Analogous#00CA5E, #006CCA

Triadic#C300CA, #CAC300

Split complementary#CA006C, #CA5E00

Tetradic#5E00CA, #CA0007, #6CCA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#97FFFB

Lighter +30%#64FFFA

Lighter +20%#31FFF8

Lighter +10%#00FDF4

Darker −10%#009792

Darker −20%#006461

Darker −30%#00312F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00CAC3

Less saturated −25%#19B1AB

Channel breakdown

G202

B195

Red0 (0%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue177.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G CA · B C3

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