Colour

#00DCD3

#00DCD3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00DCD3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 220, 211 and HSL 178°, 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

#00DCD3#00DCD3

HEX#00DCD3

RGBrgb(0, 220, 211)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8627, 0.8275

RGB percentages0%, 86.3%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(177.5, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 4.1%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer56,531

CSS custom property--colour: #00DCD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.18:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#FF232C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CED0D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6BED4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2D9no 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 text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.8 Aqua · ΔE 13.2 Cyan · ΔE 13.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.8, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC0009

Analogous#00DC65, #0077DC

Triadic#D300DC, #DCD300

Split complementary#DC0077, #DC6500

Tetradic#6500DC, #DC0009, #77DC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A9FFFB

Lighter +30%#76FFF9

Lighter +20%#43FFF7

Lighter +10%#10FFF5

Darker −10%#00A9A2

Darker −20%#007671

Darker −30%#004340

Darker −40%#00100F

More saturated +25%#00DCD3

Less saturated −25%#1CC1BA

Channel breakdown

G220

B211

Red0 (0%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue177.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G DC · B D3

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Colour values

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