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#00BDCD

#00bdcd ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00bdcd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 74.12% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 7.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 184.68°, with 100% saturation and 40.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 6.33.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.408

Complementary

  1. #00bdcd
  2. #cd1000

Split complementary

  1. #00bdcd
  2. #cd0057
  3. #cd7700

Analogous

  1. #00cd77
  2. #00bdcd
  3. #0057cd

Triadic

  1. #00bdcd
  2. #cd00bd
  3. #bdcd00

Tetradic

  1. #00bdcd
  2. #1000cd
  3. #cd1000
  4. #bdcd00

Square

  1. #00bdcd
  2. #7700cd
  3. #cd1000
  4. #57cd00

Monochromatic

  1. #003034
  2. #007681
  3. #00bdcd
  4. #1bedff
  5. #67f3ff

Shades

#00bdcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00bdcd
  2. #00aab9
  3. #0097a4
  4. #008490
  5. #00717b
  6. #005f67
  7. #004c52
  8. #00393e
  9. #002629
  10. #001315
  11. #000000

Tints

#00bdcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00bdcd
  2. #1ac4d2
  3. #33cad7
  4. #4dd1dc
  5. #66d7e1
  6. #80dee6
  7. #99e5eb
  8. #b3ebf0
  9. #ccf2f5
  10. #e6f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00bdcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00bdcd
  2. #0db7c5
  3. #1ab1be
  4. #26abb6
  5. #33a5ae
  6. #409fa7
  7. #4d989f
  8. #5a9297
  9. #668c8f
  10. #738688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88b3ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acb5ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95a4cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88b8ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75afcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c2c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00bdcd {
  color: #00bdcd;
}
Background
.bg-00bdcd {
  background-color: #00bdcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00bdcd {
  border: 2px solid #00bdcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00bdcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 189 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 185 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00bdcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00bdcd, #0057cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00bdcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 189 205 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.33 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.83 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.58 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.86 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.83 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.16 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.92 #ff4232 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#00bdcd  rgb(0, 189, 205)  hsl(185, 100%, 40%)  Dark Turquoise
#cd1000  rgb(205, 16, 0)  hsl(5, 100%, 40%)  Rosso Corsa
#cd00bd  rgb(205, 0, 189)  hsl(305, 100%, 40%)  Medium Orchid
#bdcd00  rgb(189, 205, 0)  hsl(65, 100%, 40%)  Pear