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Recognised as Colour

#0CA7AF

  • #0CA7AF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#0CA7AF is a cyan with RGB values 12, 167, 175 and HSL 183°, 87%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#0CA7AF#0CA7AF
HEX#0CA7AF
RGBrgb(12, 167, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.6549, 0.6863
RGB percentages4.7%, 65.5%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(182.9, 87.2%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.9, 93.1%, 68.6%)
CMYK93.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer829,359
CSS custom property--colour: #0CA7AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#F35850

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999FB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8591B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.2Dark cyan · ΔE 11.5Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2Teal · ΔE 15.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF140C
Analogous#0CAF66, #0C55AF
Triadic#AF0CA7, #A7AF0C
Split complementary#AF0C56, #AF660C
Tetradic#650CAF, #AF140C, #56AF0C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#90F2F7
Lighter +30%#60EDF4
Lighter +20%#30E7F1
Lighter +10%#0FD5DF
Darker −10%#09797F
Darker −20%#054C50
Darker −30%#021E20
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B2BB
Less saturated −25%#239298

Channel breakdown

R12
G167
B175
Red12 (4.7%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue182.94°
Saturation (HSL)87.17%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0C · G A7 · B AF

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