Colour

#00DCC5

#00DCC5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00DCC5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 220, 197 and HSL 174°, 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

#00DCC5#00DCC5

HEX#00DCC5

RGBrgb(0, 220, 197)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8627, 0.7725

RGB percentages0%, 86.3%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(173.7, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.7, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 10.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer56,517

CSS custom property--colour: #00DCC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.04:1

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

Contrast with black12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#FF233A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1CEC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABDC7no 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 6.9 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 text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.4 Aqua · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC0017

Analogous#00DC57, #0085DC

Triadic#C500DC, #DCC500

Split complementary#DC0085, #DC5700

Tetradic#5700DC, #DC0017, #85DC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A9FFF6

Lighter +30%#76FFF1

Lighter +20%#43FFEB

Lighter +10%#10FFE6

Darker −10%#00A997

Darker −20%#00766A

Darker −30%#00433C

Darker −40%#00100E

More saturated +25%#00DCC5

Less saturated −25%#1CC1AF

Channel breakdown

G220

B197

Red0 (0%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue173.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G DC · B C5

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