Colour

#00DCCC

#00DCCC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00DCCC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 220, 204 and HSL 176°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00DCCC#00DCCC

HEX#00DCCC

RGBrgb(0, 220, 204)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8627, 0.8

RGB percentages0%, 86.3%, 80%

HSLhsl(175.6, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.6, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 7.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer56,524

CSS custom property--colour: #00DCCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#FF2333

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0CFCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BDCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00E1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.2 Aqua · ΔE 15 Cyan · ΔE 15 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.09, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC0010

Analogous#00DC5E, #007EDC

Triadic#CC00DC, #DCCC00

Split complementary#DC007E, #DC5E00

Tetradic#5E00DC, #DC0010, #7EDC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A9FFF9

Lighter +30%#76FFF5

Lighter +20%#43FFF1

Lighter +10%#10FFEE

Darker −10%#00A99D

Darker −20%#00766D

Darker −30%#00433E

Darker −40%#00100F

More saturated +25%#00DCCC

Less saturated −25%#1CC1B4

Channel breakdown

G220

B204

Red0 (0%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue175.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G DC · B CC

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