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Colour

#00CACD

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

#00CACD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 202, 205 and HSL 181°, 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

#00CACD#00CACD
HEX#00CACD
RGBrgb(0, 202, 205)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7922, 0.8039
RGB percentages0%, 79.2%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(180.9, 100%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 100%, 80.4%)
CMYK100%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer51,917
CSS custom property--colour: #00CACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.33:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#FF3532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC0CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AFCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00D1CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 1.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.1Light seagreen · ΔE 10.9Turquoise · ΔE 12.7Aqua · ΔE 19.2Cyan · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 1.47, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD0300
Analogous#00CD6A, #0064CD
Triadic#CD00CA, #CACD00
Split complementary#CD0064, #CD6900
Tetradic#6A00CD, #CD0300, #64CD00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9AFEFF
Lighter +30%#67FDFF
Lighter +20%#34FCFF
Lighter +10%#01FBFF
Darker −10%#00989A
Darker −20%#006567
Darker −30%#003334
Darker −40%#000101
More saturated +25%#00CACD
Less saturated −25%#1AB1B3

Channel breakdown

R0
G202
B205
Red0 (0%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue180.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G CA · B CD

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