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Recognised as Colour

#00CED1

  • #00CED1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Named: Dark turquoise

#00CED1 is the CSS colour cyan with RGB values 0, 206, 209 and HSL 181°, 100%, 41%. 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

#00CED1#00CED1
HEX#00CED1
RGBrgb(0, 206, 209)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8078, 0.8196
RGB percentages0%, 80.8%, 82%
HSLhsl(180.9, 100%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 100%, 82%)
CMYK100%, 1.4%, 0%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer52,945
CSS custom property--colour: #00CED1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#FF312E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC3D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B2D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 0Medium turquoise · ΔE 6Turquoise · ΔE 11.9Light seagreen · ΔE 12.2Aqua · ΔE 17.8Cyan · ΔE 17.8
This is a named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)exact match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usabledarkturquoise

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D10300
Analogous#00D16C, #0065D1
Triadic#D100CE, #CED100
Split complementary#D10065, #D16C00
Tetradic#6C00D1, #D10300, #65D100

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9EFEFF
Lighter +30%#6BFDFF
Lighter +20%#38FCFF
Lighter +10%#05FBFF
Darker −10%#009C9E
Darker −20%#00696B
Darker −30%#003738
Darker −40%#000505
More saturated +25%#00CED1
Less saturated −25%#1AB5B7

Channel breakdown

R0
G206
B209
Red0 (0%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue209 (82%)
Hue180.86°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G CE · B D1

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