Colour

#00CDCB

#00CDCB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00CDCB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 205, 203 and HSL 179°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00CDCB#00CDCB

HEX#00CDCB

RGBrgb(0, 205, 203)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8039, 0.7961

RGB percentages0%, 80.4%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(179.4, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer52,683

CSS custom property--colour: #00CDCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.59:1

Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#FF3234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFC2CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8B1CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00D4CCno 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 text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 2.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.2 Turquoise · ΔE 9.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 10.9 Aqua · ΔE 17.9 Cyan · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 2.89, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CD0002

Analogous#00CD64, #0069CD

Triadic#CB00CD, #CDCB00

Split complementary#CD0069, #CD6400

Tetradic#6400CD, #CD0002, #69CD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9AFFFE

Lighter +30%#67FFFE

Lighter +20%#34FFFD

Lighter +10%#01FFFD

Darker −10%#009A98

Darker −20%#006766

Darker −30%#003433

Darker −40%#000101

More saturated +25%#00CDCB

Less saturated −25%#1AB3B2

Channel breakdown

G205

B203

Red0 (0%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue179.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G CD · B CB

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