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Recognised as Colour

#00DC8E

  • #00DC8E
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#00DC8E is a cyan with RGB values 0, 220, 142 and HSL 159°, 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 Medium spring green.

Colour values

#00DC8E#00DC8E
HEX#00DC8E
RGBrgb(0, 220, 142)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8627, 0.5569
RGB percentages0%, 86.3%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(158.7, 100%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.7, 100%, 86.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 35.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer56,462
CSS custom property--colour: #00DC8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#FF2371

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACA89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4BB93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 13.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.4Light green · ΔE 21.5Pale green · ΔE 23Spring green · ΔE 27.4Aquamarine · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 13.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC004E
Analogous#00DC20, #00BCDC
Triadic#8E00DC, #DC8E00
Split complementary#DC00BC, #DC2000
Tetradic#2000DC, #DC004E, #BCDC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9FFE1
Lighter +30%#76FFCE
Lighter +20%#43FFBC
Lighter +10%#10FFAA
Darker −10%#00A96D
Darker −20%#00764C
Darker −30%#00432B
Darker −40%#00100A
More saturated +25%#00DC8E
Less saturated −25%#1CC186

Channel breakdown

R0
G220
B142
Red0 (0%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue158.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G DC · B 8E

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