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Recognised as Colour

#0CAEA5

  • #0CAEA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#0CAEA5 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 174, 165 and HSL 177°, 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

#0CAEA5#0CAEA5
HEX#0CAEA5
RGBrgb(12, 174, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.6824, 0.6471
RGB percentages4.7%, 68.2%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(176.7, 87.1%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 93.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK93.1%, 0%, 5.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer831,141
CSS custom property--colour: #0CAEA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33067WCAG 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 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#F3515A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A4A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9096A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 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 text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 1.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark cyan · ΔE 14.6Turquoise · ΔE 18.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 1.85, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE0C15
Analogous#0CAE54, #0C66AE
Triadic#A50CAE, #AEA50C
Split complementary#AE0C66, #AE540C
Tetradic#540CAE, #AE0C15, #66AE0C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8FF7F1
Lighter +30%#5FF4EC
Lighter +20%#2FF1E6
Lighter +10%#0FDED2
Darker −10%#097E78
Darker −20%#054F4B
Darker −30%#021F1D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BAB0
Less saturated −25%#239790

Channel breakdown

R12
G174
B165
Red12 (4.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue176.67°
Saturation (HSL)87.1%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 0C · G AE · B A5

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