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Colour

#00D8CD

  • #00D8CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#00D8CD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 216, 205 and HSL 177°, 100%, 42%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00D8CD#00D8CD
HEX#00D8CD
RGBrgb(0, 216, 205)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8471, 0.8039
RGB percentages0%, 84.7%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(176.9, 100%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.9, 100%, 84.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer55,501
CSS custom property--colour: #00D8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.7:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#FF2732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBCBCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3BACFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00DED4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 14.8Aqua · ΔE 14.9Cyan · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.59, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8000B
Analogous#00D861, #0077D8
Triadic#CD00D8, #D8CD00
Split complementary#D80077, #D86100
Tetradic#6100D8, #D8000B, #77D800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5FFFA
Lighter +30%#72FFF8
Lighter +20%#3FFFF5
Lighter +10%#0CFFF3
Darker −10%#00A59D
Darker −20%#00726C
Darker −30%#003F3C
Darker −40%#000C0B
More saturated +25%#00D8CD
Less saturated −25%#1BBDB5

Channel breakdown

R0
G216
B205
Red0 (0%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue176.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G D8 · B CD

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