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Recognised as Colour

#0CB975

  • #0CB975
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#0CB975 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 185, 117 and HSL 156°, 88%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#0CB975#0CB975
HEX#0CB975
RGBrgb(12, 185, 117)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.7255, 0.4588
RGB percentages4.7%, 72.5%, 45.9%
HSLhsl(156.4, 87.8%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.4, 93.5%, 72.5%)
CMYK93.5%, 0%, 36.8%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer833,909
CSS custom property--colour: #0CB975;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.21:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#F3468A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7AA71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59D7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 6.9Sea green · ΔE 21.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.5Light green · ΔE 25.5Forest green · ΔE 27.1Medium spring green · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B90C50
Analogous#0CB91E, #0CA7B9
Triadic#750CB9, #B9750C
Split complementary#B90CA7, #B91E0C
Tetradic#1E0CB9, #B90C50, #A7B90C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#99F8D3
Lighter +30%#69F5BE
Lighter +20%#39F2A9
Lighter +10%#0FE993
Darker −10%#098957
Darker −20%#065938
Darker −30%#03291A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C578
Less saturated −25%#25A070

Channel breakdown

R12
G185
B117
Red12 (4.7%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue117 (45.9%)
Hue156.42°
Saturation (HSL)87.82%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 0C · G B9 · B 75

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