Colour

#00DCC4

#00DCC4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00DCC4 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 220, 196 and HSL 173°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00DCC4#00DCC4

HEX#00DCC4

RGBrgb(0, 220, 196)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8627, 0.7686

RGB percentages0%, 86.3%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(173.5, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 10.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer56,516

CSS custom property--colour: #00DCC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.03:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#FF233B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1CEC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABDC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00E0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.2 Aqua · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC0018

Analogous#00DC56, #0086DC

Triadic#C400DC, #DCC400

Split complementary#DC0086, #DC5600

Tetradic#5600DC, #DC0018, #86DC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A9FFF6

Lighter +30%#76FFF0

Lighter +20%#43FFEA

Lighter +10%#10FFE5

Darker −10%#00A997

Darker −20%#007669

Darker −30%#00433C

Darker −40%#00100E

More saturated +25%#00DCC4

Less saturated −25%#1CC1AF

Channel breakdown

G220

B196

Red0 (0%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue173.45°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G DC · B C4

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