Colour

#0BB9B2

#0BB9B2
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#0BB9B2 is a cyan with RGB values 11, 185, 178 and HSL 178°, 89%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#0BB9B2

RGBrgb(11, 185, 178)

RGB (0–1)0.0431, 0.7255, 0.698

RGB percentages4.3%, 72.5%, 69.8%

HSLhsl(177.6, 88.8%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.6, 94.1%, 72.5%)

CMYK94.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer768,434

CSS custom property--colour: #0BB9B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1

Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#F4464D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ADAFB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Deuteranopia#999FB3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00BEB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.5 Turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.21, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B90B12

Analogous#0BB95B, #0B69B9

Triadic#B20BB9, #B9B20B

Split complementary#B90B69, #B95B0B

Tetradic#5B0BB9, #B90B12, #69B90B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#97F9F5

Lighter +30%#67F6F0

Lighter +20%#37F3EC

Lighter +10%#0EE9E0

Darker −10%#088984

Darker −20%#055955

Darker −30%#022927

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C4BC

Less saturated −25%#23A19B

Channel breakdown

R11

G185

B178

Red11 (4.3%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue178 (69.8%)

Hue177.59°

Saturation (HSL)88.78%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 0B · G B9 · B B2

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