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Recognised as Colour

#00CDBF

  • #00CDBF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#00CDBF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 205, 191 and HSL 176°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00CDBF#00CDBF
HEX#00CDBF
RGBrgb(0, 205, 191)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8039, 0.749
RGB percentages0%, 80.4%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(175.9, 100%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 100%, 80.4%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 6.8%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer52,671
CSS custom property--colour: #00CDBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.48:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#FF3240

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C1BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB0C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2C8no 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 text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.8Light seagreen · ΔE 11.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.9Aqua · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD000E
Analogous#00CD58, #0075CD
Triadic#BF00CD, #CDBF00
Split complementary#CD0075, #CD5800
Tetradic#5900CD, #CD000E, #75CD00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9AFFF8
Lighter +30%#67FFF5
Lighter +20%#34FFF1
Lighter +10%#01FFEE
Darker −10%#009A8F
Darker −20%#006760
Darker −30%#003430
Darker −40%#000101
More saturated +25%#00CDBF
Less saturated −25%#1AB3A9

Channel breakdown

R0
G205
B191
Red0 (0%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue175.9°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G CD · B BF

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