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Recognised as Colour

#00CBC6

  • #00CBC6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00CBC6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 203, 198 and HSL 179°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00CBC6#00CBC6
HEX#00CBC6
RGBrgb(0, 203, 198)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7961, 0.7765
RGB percentages0%, 79.6%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(178.5, 100%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.5, 100%, 79.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer52,166
CSS custom property--colour: #00CBC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.36:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#FF3439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC0C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7AFC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00D1C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 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 text10.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 4.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.5Turquoise · ΔE 9.2Light seagreen · ΔE 9.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.2Aqua · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 4.7, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB0005
Analogous#00CB61, #006ACB
Triadic#C600CB, #CBC600
Split complementary#CB006A, #CB6100
Tetradic#6100CB, #CB0005, #6ACB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#98FFFC
Lighter +30%#65FFFB
Lighter +20%#32FFFA
Lighter +10%#00FEF8
Darker −10%#009894
Darker −20%#006563
Darker −30%#003231
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00CBC6
Less saturated −25%#19B2AE

Channel breakdown

R0
G203
B198
Red0 (0%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue178.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G CB · B C6

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