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Recognised as Colour

#40CCBC

  • #40CCBC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#40CCBC is a cyan with RGB values 64, 204, 188 and HSL 173°, 58%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#40CCBC#40CCBC
HEX#40CCBC
RGBrgb(64, 204, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.8, 0.7373
RGB percentages25.1%, 80%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(173.1, 57.9%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.1, 68.6%, 80%)
CMYK68.6%, 0%, 7.8%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,246,716
CSS custom property--colour: #40CCBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#BF3343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C1BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB2BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.7Turquoise · ΔE 7.5Light seagreen · ΔE 10.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.4Aqua · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC4050
Analogous#40CC76, #4096CC
Triadic#BC40CC, #CCBC40
Split complementary#CC4096, #CC7640
Tetradic#7640CC, #CC4050, #96CC40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1F7F4
Lighter +30%#B9ECE6
Lighter +20%#91E1D8
Lighter +10%#68D7CA
Darker −10%#2EAB9D
Darker −20%#238378
Darker −30%#185B53
Darker −40%#0D332E
More saturated +25%#22EAD3
Less saturated −25%#5EAEA5

Channel breakdown

R64
G204
B188
Red64 (25.1%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue173.14°
Saturation (HSL)57.85%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G CC · B BC

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