Colour

#00CED3

#00CED3
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00CED3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 206, 211 and HSL 181°, 100%, 41%. 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

#00CED3#00CED3

HEX#00CED3

RGBrgb(0, 206, 211)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8078, 0.8275

RGB percentages0%, 80.8%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(181.4, 100%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 100%, 82.7%)

CMYK100%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer52,947

CSS custom property--colour: #00CED3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.77:1

Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#FF312C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEC4D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6B2D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00D6CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 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 text10.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 1.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.7 Turquoise · ΔE 12.9 Aqua · ΔE 18 Cyan · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 1.16, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D30500

Analogous#00D36E, #0065D3

Triadic#D300CE, #CED300

Split complementary#D30065, #D36E00

Tetradic#6E00D3, #D30500, #65D300

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A0FDFF

Lighter +30%#6DFCFF

Lighter +20%#3AFAFF

Lighter +10%#07F9FF

Darker −10%#009CA0

Darker −20%#006A6D

Darker −30%#00393A

Darker −40%#000707

More saturated +25%#00CED3

Less saturated −25%#1AB5B9

Channel breakdown

G206

B211

Red0 (0%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue181.42°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G CE · B D3

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