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Recognised as Colour

#00DEC6

  • #00DEC6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#00DEC6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 222, 198 and HSL 174°, 100%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00DEC6#00DEC6
HEX#00DEC6
RGBrgb(0, 222, 198)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.8706, 0.7765
RGB percentages0%, 87.1%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(173.5, 100%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 100%, 87.1%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 10.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer57,030
CSS custom property--colour: #00DEC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.26:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#FF2139

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D0C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCBFC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.7Aquamarine · ΔE 16.9Aqua · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE0018
Analogous#00DE57, #0087DE
Triadic#C600DE, #DEC600
Split complementary#DE0087, #DE5700
Tetradic#5700DE, #DE0018, #87DE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABFFF6
Lighter +30%#78FFF0
Lighter +20%#45FFEB
Lighter +10%#12FFE5
Darker −10%#00AB99
Darker −20%#00786B
Darker −30%#00453E
Darker −40%#001210
More saturated +25%#00DEC6
Less saturated −25%#1CC2B0

Channel breakdown

R0
G222
B198
Red0 (0%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue173.51°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G DE · B C6

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