Colour

#00DECF

#00DECF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00DECF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 222, 207 and HSL 176°, 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

#00DECF#00DECF

HEX#00DECF

RGBrgb(0, 222, 207)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8706, 0.8118

RGB percentages0%, 87.1%, 81.2%

HSLhsl(175.9, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 6.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer57,039

CSS custom property--colour: #00DECF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.35:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#FF2130

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2D1CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9BFD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00E4D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Aqua · ΔE 14.1 Cyan · ΔE 14.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.98, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE000F

Analogous#00DE60, #007EDE

Triadic#CF00DE, #DECF00

Split complementary#DE007E, #DE6000

Tetradic#6000DE, #DE000F, #7EDE00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ABFFF9

Lighter +30%#78FFF6

Lighter +20%#45FFF2

Lighter +10%#12FFEF

Darker −10%#00AB9F

Darker −20%#007870

Darker −30%#004540

Darker −40%#001211

More saturated +25%#00DECF

Less saturated −25%#1CC2B7

Channel breakdown

G222

B207

Red0 (0%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue207 (81.2%)

Hue175.95°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G DE · B CF

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