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Recognised as Colour

#00DCD1

  • #00DCD1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#00DCD1 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 220, 209 and HSL 177°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00DCD1#00DCD1
HEX#00DCD1
RGBrgb(0, 220, 209)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8627, 0.8196
RGB percentages0%, 86.3%, 82%
HSLhsl(177, 100%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 100%, 86.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer56,529
CSS custom property--colour: #00DCD1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.16:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#FF232E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFCFD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6BDD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2D8no 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 text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.7Aqua · ΔE 13.6Cyan · ΔE 13.6Light seagreen · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.24, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC000B
Analogous#00DC63, #0079DC
Triadic#D100DC, #DCD100
Split complementary#DC0079, #DC6300
Tetradic#6300DC, #DC000B, #79DC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9FFFB
Lighter +30%#76FFF8
Lighter +20%#43FFF6
Lighter +10%#10FFF3
Darker −10%#00A9A1
Darker −20%#007670
Darker −30%#004340
Darker −40%#00100F
More saturated +25%#00DCD1
Less saturated −25%#1CC1B8

Channel breakdown

R0
G220
B209
Red0 (0%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue209 (82%)
Hue177°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G DC · B D1

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