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Recognised as Colour

#10C8AF

  • #10C8AF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#10C8AF is a cyan with RGB values 16, 200, 175 and HSL 172°, 85%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#10C8AF#10C8AF
HEX#10C8AF
RGBrgb(16, 200, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.0627, 0.7843, 0.6863
RGB percentages6.3%, 78.4%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(171.8, 85.2%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 92%, 78.4%)
CMYK92%, 0%, 12.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,099,951
CSS custom property--colour: #10C8AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.9:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#EF3750

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFBBAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAACB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.6Light seagreen · ΔE 13.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1Aquamarine · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C81029
Analogous#10C853, #1085C8
Triadic#AF10C8, #C8AF10
Split complementary#C81085, #C85310
Tetradic#5310C8, #C81029, #85C810

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACF8EE
Lighter +30%#7CF5E4
Lighter +20%#4DF1DB
Lighter +10%#1EEDD1
Darker −10%#0C9986
Darker −20%#086A5C
Darker −30%#053A33
Darker −40%#010B0A
More saturated +25%#00D8BB
Less saturated −25%#2BAD9B

Channel breakdown

R16
G200
B175
Red16 (6.3%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue171.85°
Saturation (HSL)85.19%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 10 · G C8 · B AF

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