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Recognised as Colour

#0CAEA3

  • #0CAEA3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#0CAEA3 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 174, 163 and HSL 176°, 87%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#0CAEA3#0CAEA3
HEX#0CAEA3
RGBrgb(12, 174, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.6824, 0.6392
RGB percentages4.7%, 68.2%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(175.9, 87.1%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 93.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK93.1%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer831,139
CSS custom property--colour: #0CAEA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.6:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#F3515C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A4A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9196A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 2.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.1Dark cyan · ΔE 15.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.5Turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.64, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE0C17
Analogous#0CAE52, #0C68AE
Triadic#A30CAE, #AEA30C
Split complementary#AE0C68, #AE520C
Tetradic#520CAE, #AE0C17, #68AE0C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8FF7F0
Lighter +30%#5FF4EA
Lighter +20%#2FF1E4
Lighter +10%#0FDED0
Darker −10%#097E76
Darker −20%#054F4A
Darker −30%#021F1D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BAAD
Less saturated −25%#23978F

Channel breakdown

R12
G174
B163
Red12 (4.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue175.93°
Saturation (HSL)87.1%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 0C · G AE · B A3

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