Colour

#00CBBA

#00CBBA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Turquoise

#00CBBA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 203, 186 and HSL 175°, 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 Turquoise.

Colour values

#00CBBA#00CBBA

HEX#00CBBA

RGBrgb(0, 203, 186)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7961, 0.7294

RGB percentages0%, 79.6%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(175, 100%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175, 100%, 79.6%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer52,154

CSS custom property--colour: #00CBBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.25:1

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

Contrast with black10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#FF3445

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0BFB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAAEBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00D0C6no 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 text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 11.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.9 Aqua · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CB0011

Analogous#00CB54, #0077CB

Triadic#BA00CB, #CBBA00

Split complementary#CB0077, #CB5400

Tetradic#5500CB, #CB0011, #77CB00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#98FFF6

Lighter +30%#65FFF2

Lighter +20%#32FFEE

Lighter +10%#00FEE9

Darker −10%#00988B

Darker −20%#00655D

Darker −30%#00322E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00CBBA

Less saturated −25%#19B2A5

Channel breakdown

G203

B186

Red0 (0%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue174.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G CB · B BA

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