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Recognised as Colour

#00CCEC

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

#00CCEC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 204, 236 and HSL 188°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00CCEC#00CCEC
HEX#00CCEC
RGBrgb(0, 204, 236)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8, 0.9255
RGB percentages0%, 80%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(188.1, 100%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.1, 100%, 92.5%)
CMYK100%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer52,460
CSS custom property--colour: #00CCEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.85:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#FF3313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BB2ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9Sky blue · ΔE 17.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 20Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.4Light seagreen · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 16.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC2000
Analogous#00EC96, #0056EC
Triadic#EC00CC, #CCEC00
Split complementary#EC0056, #EC9600
Tetradic#9600EC, #EC2000, #56EC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9F6FF
Lighter +30%#86EFFF
Lighter +20%#53E8FF
Lighter +10%#20E1FF
Darker −10%#00A0B9
Darker −20%#007486
Darker −30%#004853
Darker −40%#001C20
More saturated +25%#00CCEC
Less saturated −25%#1DB7CF

Channel breakdown

R0
G204
B236
Red0 (0%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue188.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G CC · B EC

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