Colour

#01BCA0

#01BCA0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#01BCA0 is a cyan with RGB values 1, 188, 160 and HSL 171°, 99%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#01BCA0#01BCA0

HEX#01BCA0

RGBrgb(1, 188, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.7373, 0.6275

RGB percentages0.4%, 73.7%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(171, 98.9%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171, 99.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK99.5%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer113,824

CSS custom property--colour: #01BCA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#FE435F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4AF9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0A1A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00BFB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12 Light seagreen · ΔE 13 Turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.9 Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BC011D

Analogous#01BC42, #017BBC

Triadic#A001BC, #BCA001

Split complementary#BC017B, #BC4201

Tetradic#4201BC, #BC011D, #7BBC01

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8BFEED

Lighter +30%#58FEE5

Lighter +20%#25FEDD

Lighter +10%#01EFCB

Darker −10%#018975

Darker −20%#00574A

Darker −30%#00241E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BDA1

Less saturated −25%#19A48F

Channel breakdown

G188

B160

Red1 (0.4%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue171.02°

Saturation (HSL)98.94%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 01 · G BC · B A0

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