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Colour

#00CAC8

  • #00CAC8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00CAC8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 202, 200 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

#00CAC8#00CAC8
HEX#00CAC8
RGBrgb(0, 202, 200)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7922, 0.7843
RGB percentages0%, 79.2%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(179.4, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer51,912
CSS custom property--colour: #00CAC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.28:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#FF3537

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCBFC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5AEC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D1C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 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 text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.3Light seagreen · ΔE 9.8Turquoise · ΔE 10.6Aqua · ΔE 19Cyan · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 3.17, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA0002
Analogous#00CA63, #0067CA
Triadic#C800CA, #CAC800
Split complementary#CA0067, #CA6300
Tetradic#6300CA, #CA0002, #67CA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#97FFFE
Lighter +30%#64FFFD
Lighter +20%#31FFFD
Lighter +10%#00FDFA
Darker −10%#009796
Darker −20%#006463
Darker −30%#003131
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00CAC8
Less saturated −25%#19B1AF

Channel breakdown

R0
G202
B200
Red0 (0%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue179.41°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G CA · B C8

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