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Recognised as Colour

#0CACAF

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

#0CACAF is a cyan with RGB values 12, 172, 175 and HSL 181°, 87%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#0CACAF#0CACAF
HEX#0CACAF
RGBrgb(12, 172, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.6745, 0.6863
RGB percentages4.7%, 67.5%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(181.1, 87.2%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 93.1%, 68.6%)
CMYK93.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer830,639
CSS custom property--colour: #0CACAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#F35350

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA3AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B95B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.7Dark cyan · ΔE 12.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15.7Teal · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF0F0C
Analogous#0CAF61, #0C5AAF
Triadic#AF0CAC, #ACAF0C
Split complementary#AF0C5A, #AF610C
Tetradic#610CAF, #AF0F0C, #5BAF0C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#90F5F7
Lighter +30%#60F1F4
Lighter +20%#30EDF1
Lighter +10%#0FDBDF
Darker −10%#097D7F
Darker −20%#054E50
Darker −30%#021F20
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B8BB
Less saturated −25%#239598

Channel breakdown

R12
G172
B175
Red12 (4.7%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue181.1°
Saturation (HSL)87.17%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0C · G AC · B AF

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