Recognised as Colour

#00CAC7

#00CAC7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00CAC7 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 202, 199 and HSL 179°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00CAC7#00CAC7

HEX#00CAC7

RGBrgb(0, 202, 199)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7922, 0.7804

RGB percentages0%, 79.2%, 78%

HSLhsl(179.1, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.1, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 1.5%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer51,911

CSS custom property--colour: #00CAC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1

Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#FF3538

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCBFC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5AEC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00D0C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7 Turquoise · ΔE 10.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19 Aqua · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 3.69, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CA0003

Analogous#00CA62, #0068CA

Triadic#C700CA, #CAC700

Split complementary#CA0068, #CA6200

Tetradic#6200CA, #CA0003, #68CA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#97FFFD

Lighter +30%#64FFFD

Lighter +20%#31FFFC

Lighter +10%#00FDF9

Darker −10%#009795

Darker −20%#006463

Darker −30%#003130

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00CAC7

Less saturated −25%#19B1AE

Channel breakdown

G202

B199

Red0 (0%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue199 (78%)

Hue179.11°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G CA · B C7

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