Colour

#01BAC9

#01BAC9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#01BAC9 is a cyan with RGB values 1, 186, 201 and HSL 185°, 99%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#01BAC9#01BAC9

HEX#01BAC9

RGBrgb(1, 186, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.7294, 0.7882

RGB percentages0.4%, 72.9%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(184.5, 99%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.5, 99.5%, 78.8%)

CMYK99.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer113,353

CSS custom property--colour: #01BAC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#FE4536

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9B2CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#92A1C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00C3BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.5 Sky blue · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C91001

Analogous#01C974, #0156C9

Triadic#C901BA, #BAC901

Split complementary#C90156, #C97401

Tetradic#7401C9, #C91001, #56C901

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#98F7FE

Lighter +30%#65F3FE

Lighter +20%#32EFFE

Lighter +10%#01E9FC

Darker −10%#018B96

Darker −20%#005C64

Darker −30%#002D31

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BBCA

Less saturated −25%#1AA5B0

Channel breakdown

G186

B201

Red1 (0.4%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue184.5°

Saturation (HSL)99.01%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 01 · G BA · B C9

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