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Colour

#00CECC

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

#00CECC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 206, 204 and HSL 179°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00CECC#00CECC
HEX#00CECC
RGBrgb(0, 206, 204)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8078, 0.8
RGB percentages0%, 80.8%, 80%
HSLhsl(179.4, 100%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 100%, 80.8%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer52,940
CSS custom property--colour: #00CECC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.7:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#FF3133

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C3CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B2CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5CDno 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 text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 2.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.3Turquoise · ΔE 9.7Light seagreen · ΔE 11.2Aqua · ΔE 17.5Cyan · ΔE 17.5
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#CE0002
Analogous#00CE65, #0069CE
Triadic#CC00CE, #CECC00
Split complementary#CE0069, #CE6500
Tetradic#6500CE, #CE0002, #69CE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BFFFE
Lighter +30%#68FFFE
Lighter +20%#35FFFD
Lighter +10%#02FFFD
Darker −10%#009B99
Darker −20%#006867
Darker −30%#003534
Darker −40%#000202
More saturated +25%#00CECC
Less saturated −25%#1AB4B3

Channel breakdown

R0
G206
B204
Red0 (0%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue179.42°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G CE · B CC

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