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Recognised as Colour

#01D9CD

  • #01D9CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#01D9CD is a cyan with RGB values 1, 217, 205 and HSL 177°, 99%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#01D9CD#01D9CD
HEX#01D9CD
RGBrgb(1, 217, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.851, 0.8039
RGB percentages0.4%, 85.1%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(176.7, 99.1%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 99.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK99.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer121,293
CSS custom property--colour: #01D9CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#FE2632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCCCCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BBCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00DFD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 9Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.7Aqua · ΔE 14.8Cyan · ΔE 14.8Light seagreen · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.26, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9010D
Analogous#01D961, #0179D9
Triadic#CD01D9, #D9CD01
Split complementary#D90179, #D96101
Tetradic#6101D9, #D9010D, #79D901

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7FFFA
Lighter +30%#75FEF7
Lighter +20%#42FEF4
Lighter +10%#0FFEF1
Darker −10%#01A69D
Darker −20%#01736D
Darker −30%#00413D
Darker −40%#000E0D
More saturated +25%#00DACE
Less saturated −25%#1CBEB5

Channel breakdown

R1
G217
B205
Red1 (0.4%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue176.67°
Saturation (HSL)99.08%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 01 · G D9 · B CD

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