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Recognised as Colour

#00D6DB

  • #00D6DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#00D6DB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 214, 219 and HSL 181°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#00D6DB#00D6DB
HEX#00D6DB
RGBrgb(0, 214, 219)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8392, 0.8588
RGB percentages0%, 83.9%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(181.4, 100%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 100%, 85.9%)
CMYK100%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer55,003
CSS custom property--colour: #00D6DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#FF2924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CBDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB9DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00DED7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.3Turquoise · ΔE 11.8Aqua · ΔE 15.1Cyan · ΔE 15.1Light seagreen · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 3.07, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB0500
Analogous#00DB72, #0069DB
Triadic#DB00D6, #D6DB00
Split complementary#DB0069, #DB7200
Tetradic#7200DB, #DB0500, #69DB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A8FDFF
Lighter +30%#75FCFF
Lighter +20%#42FBFF
Lighter +10%#0FFAFF
Darker −10%#00A4A8
Darker −20%#007275
Darker −30%#004042
Darker −40%#000F0F
More saturated +25%#00D6DB
Less saturated −25%#1BBCC0

Channel breakdown

R0
G214
B219
Red0 (0%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue181.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G D6 · B DB

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