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Recognised as Colour

#0CA8AC

  • #0CA8AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#0CA8AC is a cyan with RGB values 12, 168, 172 and HSL 182°, 87%, 36%. 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

#0CA8AC#0CA8AC
HEX#0CA8AC
RGBrgb(12, 168, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.6588, 0.6745
RGB percentages4.7%, 65.9%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(181.5, 87%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.5, 93%, 67.5%)
CMYK93%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer829,612
CSS custom property--colour: #0CA8AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#F35753

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA0ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8891ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.9Dark cyan · ΔE 11.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3Teal · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC100C
Analogous#0CAC60, #0C58AC
Triadic#AC0CA8, #A8AC0C
Split complementary#AC0C58, #AC600C
Tetradic#600CAC, #AC100C, #58AC0C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8DF4F7
Lighter +30%#5DF0F4
Lighter +20%#2EECF0
Lighter +10%#0FD7DC
Darker −10%#09797C
Darker −20%#054B4D
Darker −30%#021C1D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B3B8
Less saturated −25%#239295

Channel breakdown

R12
G168
B172
Red12 (4.7%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue181.5°
Saturation (HSL)86.96%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0C · G A8 · B AC

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