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Recognised as Colour

#0AC2AA

  • #0AC2AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#0AC2AA is a cyan with RGB values 10, 194, 170 and HSL 172°, 90%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#0AC2AA#0AC2AA
HEX#0AC2AA
RGBrgb(10, 194, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0392, 0.7608, 0.6667
RGB percentages3.9%, 76.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(172.2, 90.2%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 94.8%, 76.1%)
CMYK94.8%, 0%, 12.4%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer705,194
CSS custom property--colour: #0AC2AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.31:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#F53D55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B5A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A6ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11.8Light seagreen · ΔE 11.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 16Aquamarine · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C20A22
Analogous#0AC24E, #0A7EC2
Triadic#AA0AC2, #C2AA0A
Split complementary#C20A7E, #C24E0A
Tetradic#4E0AC2, #C20A22, #7EC20A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9EFAEE
Lighter +30%#6DF8E5
Lighter +20%#3DF5DD
Lighter +10%#0CF3D4
Darker −10%#08927F
Darker −20%#056155
Darker −30%#03312A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00CCB1
Less saturated −25%#24A997

Channel breakdown

R10
G194
B170
Red10 (3.9%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue172.17°
Saturation (HSL)90.2%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 0A · G C2 · B AA

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