: What is the 100% of a color? The 30% hex value is provided basically i want to know about the 100% of a color. The 30% hex of the color is #00bcd4. My developer wants to know the 100% of

@Miguel516

What we have here is failure in communication.


she told me that 30% of a color is #00bcd4


So if we assume that she provided you with that hex number the question is how she arrived at it? She should have 100% called X because she know what 30% of X is.

So what you should ask is "So what is the question"? Who said that #00bcd4 is 30%?
There are too many values that could be lowered to 30% to have this result. Hue, Saturation, Opacity, all channels at once or just one channel.
There are too many variables and too little information.

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@Michele215

OK let's do some maths...

So, we can assume than the color you are looking for has been tinted with 70% white and result is #00BCD4 . Right?

Hex #00BCD4 converted to RGB is R0, G188, B212

R = 000 = Rx + (255 - Rx) * 0.7
G = 188 = Gx + (255 - Gx) * 0.7
B = 212 = Bx + (255 - Bx) * 0.7


Rx, Gx and Bx are the values you are looking for, for each channel.

OK let's go, here are rounded values:
Rx = -595 !! Ooopps
Gx = 32
Bx = 112

So can now prove mathematically to your developer than this is just not possible. Your color (#00BCD4) is way too saturated to be a 30% tint of a color.
If he don't want to hear it, ask him what is the 100% reference of #000000 which is supposed to be a 30% tint. I'd be curious to hear his answer. ^^

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@Merenda852

If the colour you have would be a pastel or light colour, you'd be able to convert it into the HSB colour model by introducing it into a colour picker like Adobe's. There, you could increase the saturation to intensify the colour, as if it became more opaque on a white background.

Unfortunately, the colour you give is already fully saturated and should thus be a '100% colour'.

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