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Recognised as Colour

#0CB8A8

  • #0CB8A8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#0CB8A8 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 184, 168 and HSL 174°, 88%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#0CB8A8#0CB8A8
HEX#0CB8A8
RGBrgb(12, 184, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.7216, 0.6588
RGB percentages4.7%, 72.2%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(174.4, 87.8%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.4, 93.5%, 72.2%)
CMYK93.5%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer833,704
CSS custom property--colour: #0CB8A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.44:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#F34757

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEADA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9EAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Turquoise · ΔE 14.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.3Dark cyan · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B80C1C
Analogous#0CB852, #0C72B8
Triadic#A80CB8, #B8A80C
Split complementary#B80C72, #B8520C
Tetradic#520CB8, #B80C1C, #72B80C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#98F8EF
Lighter +30%#68F5E8
Lighter +20%#38F2E1
Lighter +10%#0FE8D4
Darker −10%#09887C
Darker −20%#065851
Darker −30%#032825
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C4B2
Less saturated −25%#24A094

Channel breakdown

R12
G184
B168
Red12 (4.7%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue174.42°
Saturation (HSL)87.76%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 0C · G B8 · B A8

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