Colour

#00DDCE

#00DDCE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00DDCE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 221, 206 and HSL 176°, 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

#00DDCE#00DDCE

HEX#00DDCE

RGBrgb(0, 221, 206)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8667, 0.8078

RGB percentages0%, 86.7%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(175.9, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 6.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer56,782

CSS custom property--colour: #00DDCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.23:1

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

Contrast with black12.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#FF2231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D0CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BED0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 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 text12.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.9 Aqua · ΔE 14.4 Cyan · ΔE 14.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.95, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD000F

Analogous#00DD5F, #007EDD

Triadic#CE00DD, #DDCE00

Split complementary#DD007E, #DD6000

Tetradic#5F00DD, #DD000F, #7EDD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AAFFF9

Lighter +30%#77FFF6

Lighter +20%#44FFF2

Lighter +10%#11FFEF

Darker −10%#00AA9E

Darker −20%#00776F

Darker −30%#00443F

Darker −40%#001110

More saturated +25%#00DDCE

Less saturated −25%#1CC1B6

Channel breakdown

G221

B206

Red0 (0%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue175.93°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G DD · B CE

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