Dark Turquoise (#00ced1) is a medium, vivid cyan. It is a CSS named color, so you can use it in stylesheets as color: darkturquoise as well as by its hex code. In RGB it is rgb(0, 206, 209); in HSL, hsl(181, 100%, 41%).
| Hex | #00ced1 |
|---|---|
| CSS name | darkturquoise |
| RGB | rgb(0, 206, 209) |
| HSL | hsl(181, 100%, 41%) |
| CMYK | 100%, 1%, 0%, 18% |
| CSS example | color: #00ced1; background-color: rgb(0, 206, 209); |
The hue is calculated at seven exact lightness levels for use in backgrounds, borders, text and hover states. These values are not substituted with nearby named colors.
Complementary — maximum contrast, from opposite sides of the color wheel:
Analogous — neighbours on the wheel, naturally harmonious:
Triadic — three colors evenly spaced for balanced variety:
Tetradic — four colors at 90° intervals:
On a #00ced1 background, black text gives the better contrast. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text (AA), or 7:1 and 4.5:1 for AAA.
| Text color | Contrast ratio | Normal text | Large text |
|---|---|---|---|
| White text (#ffffff) | 1.95:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Black text (#000000) | 10.75:1 | AAA | AAA |
The CSS named colors closest to #00ced1:
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