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Recognised as Colour

#0CD9BE

  • #0CD9BE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#0CD9BE is a cyan with RGB values 12, 217, 190 and HSL 172°, 90%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#0CD9BE#0CD9BE
HEX#0CD9BE
RGBrgb(12, 217, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.851, 0.7451
RGB percentages4.7%, 85.1%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(172.1, 89.5%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 94.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK94.5%, 0%, 12.4%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer842,174
CSS custom property--colour: #0CD9BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.68:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#F32641

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFCBBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BAC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00DDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Aquamarine · ΔE 17Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7Light seagreen · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D90C27
Analogous#0CD958, #0C8DD9
Triadic#BE0CD9, #D9BE0C
Split complementary#D90C8D, #D9580C
Tetradic#580CD9, #D90C27, #8DD90C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6FBF2
Lighter +30%#86F8E9
Lighter +20%#55F6E1
Lighter +10%#25F3D8
Darker −10%#09A994
Darker −20%#077869
Darker −30%#04483F
Darker −40%#011815
More saturated +25%#00E5C7
Less saturated −25%#29BCA9

Channel breakdown

R12
G217
B190
Red12 (4.7%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue172.1°
Saturation (HSL)89.52%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 0C · G D9 · B BE

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