#00DBC5

A medium, vivid cyan closely aligning with Turquoise.

About #00DBC5

When working with digital screens, the color #00DBC5 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Turquoise. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 0, 219, and 197.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 100% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 174.0° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 42.9% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#00DBC5
RGB0, 219, 197
HSL174.0°, 100.0%, 42.9%
CMYK100%, 0%, 10%, 14%
HSV174.0°, 100.0%, 85.9%
LAB78.9, -49.1, -1.8
XYZ35.4, 54.7, 61.5
Decimal56261

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.76:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
11.94:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.68:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
10.15:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #00DBC5; }
.text-color { color: #00DBC5; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #00DBC5; }

Similar Colors

Turquoise
#40E0D0