Recognised as Colour

#0EC5AD

#0EC5AD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Turquoise

#0EC5AD is a cyan with RGB values 14, 197, 173 and HSL 172°, 87%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#0EC5AD#0EC5AD

HEX#0EC5AD

RGBrgb(14, 197, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.0549, 0.7725, 0.6784

RGB percentages5.5%, 77.3%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(172.1, 86.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 92.9%, 77.3%)

CMYK92.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer968,109

CSS custom property--colour: #0EC5AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.61:1

Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#F13A52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCB8ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7A9AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00C9BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C50E26

Analogous#0EC551, #0E81C5

Triadic#AD0EC5, #C5AD0E

Split complementary#C50E81, #C5510E

Tetradic#520EC5, #C50E26, #82C50E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A6F9EE

Lighter +30%#77F5E5

Lighter +20%#47F2DC

Lighter +10%#17EFD2

Darker −10%#0B9583

Darker −20%#076659

Darker −30%#043630

Darker −40%#000706

More saturated +25%#00D3B7

Less saturated −25%#28AB9A

Channel breakdown

R14

G197

B173

Red14 (5.5%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue172.13°

Saturation (HSL)86.73%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 0E · G C5 · B AD

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